Mansfield Park

"I have something in hand - which I hope on the credit of P. & P. will sell well, tho' not half so entertaining." (Jane Austen 1813 on Mansfield Park)

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Jane Austen wrote Mansfield Park between 1812 and 1814 and Thomas Egerton published it in 1814. Fanny Price, a young girl from a poor family is the main character of the story. She is raised, together with her four cousins, by Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram who are her aunt and uncle.Out of her four cousins only Edmund shows real kindness towards her. It is him, she secretly falls in love with. Just turned eighteen, Fanny is introduced to a new family from London: The siblings Henry and Mary Crawford. While Henry plays with the affections of Maria and Julia Bertram, his sister Mary show her interest in Edmund Bertram. This bothers Fanny who has to watch her secret love, falling for Mary's charms and beauty.