Mansfield Park

· Richard Bentley
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3.7
490 reviews
A Google user
April 27, 2012
Well where do I begin, OK What I didn't like, was that fanny was so looked down upon and very much disrespected in the family that so-called cared for her and to whom she felt undying gratitude for. I very much don't agree on her having to end up with her cousin, i feel there could have been much better men introduced into the story, but hey (to each his own) I also disliked the fact that fanny's happiness almost entirely depended upon Edmund and his actions towards her, granted it has to tie that story somewhere and this is very common in Jane Austen books (which is her way). Also I wish someone would have cracked Mr. Crawford a new one a lot sooner than had came, Also I feel Edmund never really had gotten over Mary before moving on, it is almost as if Fanny was just a rebound fall back wife for him and that her compatibility and good qualities were only brought to light (after being denied all that time by Edmund and her self)after his falling out in regret with Ms.Crawford. What I liked,despite all of it is that fanny had her own strengths and was always the secret hero saving the day(every one secretly always knew that too). she was as anyone could see a halfway decent person.
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Very frustrated by the program that prevented me from reading beyond page 414 without writing a review. Since I have not completed the tale I will not write one!
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Melinda Verges
March 29, 2014
One of Austen's more mature novels, in its realistic dealings with character, circumstance, and conversation. She has created characters as real as in any biography, with circumstances befitting what *should* happen if each person were to get his just deserts more than they do in reality. A beautiful interaction of people and commentary on what society should be.
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Jane Austen's life is striking for the contrast between the great works she wrote in secret and the outward appearance of being quite dull and ordinary. Austen was born in the small English town of Steventon in Hampshire, and educated at home by her clergyman father. She was deeply devoted to her family. For a short time, the Austens lived in the resort city of Bath, but when her father died, they returned to Steventon, where Austen lived until her death at the age of 41. Austen was drawn to literature early, she began writing novels that satirized both the writers and the manners of the 1790's. Her sharp sense of humor and keen eye for the ridiculous in human behavior gave her works lasting appeal. She is at her best in such books as Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), in which she examines and often ridicules the behavior of small groups of middle-class characters. Austen relies heavily on conversations among her characters to reveal their personalities, and at times her novels read almost like plays. Several of them have, in fact, been made into films. She is considered to be one of the most beloved British authors.

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