Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen
First published 1814 · English · 443 pages
- Novels
- Historical fiction
- Love and romance
Mansfield Park centres on Fanny Price, a shy girl from a poor family who is sent to live with wealthy relatives at the country estate of Mansfield Park. Treated as a lesser member of the household, she grows into a quiet, observant young woman with firm principles.
The arrival of the charming and worldly Crawford siblings unsettles the household and brings questions of morality, propriety and loyalty to the fore. It is Austen's most serious novel, and a subtle study of character, class and conscience that has provoked much discussion among readers.
Quotes
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
There is not one in a hundred of either sex who is not taken in when they marry.
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.