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From its sharply satiric opening sentence, Mansfield Park dealas
with money and marriage, and how strongly they affect each other.
Shy, fragile Fanny Price is the consummate "poor relation." Sent to
live with her wealthy uncle Thomas, she clashes with his spoiled,
selfish daughters and falls in love with his son. Their lives are
further complicated by the arrival of a pair of witty,
sophisticated Londoners, whose flair for flirtation collides with
the quiet, conservative country ways of Mansfield Park.
Written several years after the early manuscripts that eventually
became Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield
Park retains Austen’s familiar compassion and humor but offers a
far more complex exploration of moral choices and their emotional
consequences.
Amanda Claybaugh is Assistant Professor of English and
Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She also wrote the
Introduction and Notes for the Barnes & Noble Classics edition
of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
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