In this article we will review Mansfield Park by Jane Austen.
Book Plot
The eldest of nine children born to a naval lieutenant with a meager pension, Fanny Price is sent to live with wealthy relatives at Mansfield Park. Only ten years old, she is nervous around her rich cousins and uncomfortable in their grand house. And as the years pass, Fanny comes to believe that she will never truly feel at home. Only Edmund Bertram makes life worth living.He is the only one of her cousins who is kind to her, a gentle soul whom she has loved since childhood. But when the worldly and charismatic Crawford siblings, Henry and Mary, arrive from London and ensnare the Bertram family in a complicated web of romance and intrigue, Fanny worries that her relationship with Edmund will never be the same. To win his heart, she must keep her head—a task that becomes all the more difficult when her family pressures her to accept Henry Crawford’s unexpected marriage proposal.
Mansfield Park Rating : 3,86
Also book has 560 pages
Mansfield Park Review
Elaborate and well-crafted, the text illustrates the deep-rooted class and race systems in English society from the past to present day. It also highlights the prevalence of Laudanum addiction among the upper classes, with rumors of even Queen Victoria indulging in the drug. Conversely, the lower classes were often addicted to gin, as depicted through the main character’s unemployed alcoholic father and his downward marriage. Despite being a captivating read and film, I personally found more enjoyment in the book than its cinematic adaptation.
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