6/20/2023 0 Comments Mansfield park goodreadsOne often feels the urge to step into an Austen novel to gently slap some sense into one character or another-often a proud, forward main character who is throwing her heart away after completely misjudging the men in her life. She's a timid flower with an overly developed virtuosity that prevents her from standing up for herself in the household of her presumed betters or declaring for the man she loves. Fanny Price, the young girl who is taken in by her wealthier relatives who have two slightly older and preening daughters, is far from plucky. Mansfield Park has not even the benefit of the standard Austen heroine to root for. Certainly it's the odd one out, being the darkest and emotionally most conflicted of her tales of marriageable young gentlemen and gentlewomen in provincial England. Yet it is surprisingly often held by critics and some fans to be the greatest of Austen's novels. However, if you're cool on Austen's more popular works-well, you won't much like this one either. If you're a Jane Austen aficionado, particularly loving her headstrong heroines picking their plucky but principled way through the constricting marriage plots of the time, Mansfield Park probably comes as a big disappointment. CRITIQUE | THE TEXT | THE MOVIES The price of being different
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