Now fully appreciated by her uncle, Fanny comes into her own, winning the love of Edmund Bertram.I recently read Jane Austen's Mansfield Park (either for the first time or for the first time in 40 years, I really don't know which), after seeing an intriguing mention of it in a review of Colm Toibin's New Ways to Kill Your Mother. She is summoned back by Sir Thomas when Maria leaves her husband for Henry Crawford and Maria's sister, Julia, elopes.

Sir Thomas returns unexpectedly and does not approve, much to his children's chagrin, but Fanny quickly falls from his favor when she refuses the proposal of Mary Crawford's brother, Henry, who had begun an unwelcome flirtation with her after Fanny's cousin Maria married another man.ĭistressed by her uncle's disapproval, Fanny visits her parents and her eight brothers and sisters, only to discover that her years at Mansfield Park have left her unable to fit easily into her noisy, often vulgar family. Only Fanny refuses to participate, out of natural modesty and a certainty that her absent uncle would not approve. With Fanny's uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, away on an extended stay in the West Indies, the cousins and their friends decide to put on an amateur theatrical production of a scandalous French play. Only Edmund spends time with the gentle Fanny, although his own affections have been captivated by the sophisticated Mary Crawford. Reared from the age of ten among wealthy relatives, Fanny is an unobtrusive presence in the household at Mansfield Park, useful and agreeable to everyone and steadfast in her secret affection for her cousin, Edmund Bertram.įanny's manner contrasts sharply with the livelier, sometimes careless behavior of her cousins and their friends. Mansfield Park By Jane Austen tells the story of Fanny Price, a frail, quiet young woman who has none of the high spirits or wit of Elizabeth Bennet or Marianne Dashwood. They make a great gift when paired together but are also just as beautiful on their own.

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