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From the book:About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet's lady, with all the comforts and consequences of an handsome house and large income. All Huntingdon exclaimed on the greatness of the match, and her uncle, the lawyer, himself, allowed her to be at least three thousand pounds short of any equitable claim to it. She had two sisters to be benefited by her elevation; and such of their acquaintance as thought Miss Ward and Miss Frances quite as handsome as Miss Maria, did not scruple to predict their marrying with almost equal advantage. But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them. Miss Ward, at the end of half a dozen years, found herself obliged to be attached to the Rev. Mr. Norris, a friend of her brother-in-law, with scarcely any private fortune, and Miss Frances fared yet worse. Miss Ward's match, indeed, when it came to the point, was not contemptible: Sir Thomas being happily able to give his friend an income in the living of Mansfield; and Mr. and Mrs. Norris began their career of conjugal felicity with very little less than a thousand a year. But Miss Frances married, in the common phrase, to disoblige her family, and by fixing On a lieutenant of marines, without education, fortune, or connexions, did it very thoroughly. She could hardly have made a more untoward choice. Sir Thomas Bertram had interest, which, from principle as well as pride - from a general wish of doing right, and a desire of seeing all that were connected with him in situations of respectability, he would have been glad to exert for the advantage of Lady Bertram's sister; but her husband's profession was such as no interest could reach; and before he had time to devise any other method of assisting them, an absolute breach between the sisters had taken place. It was the natural result of the conduct of each party, and such as a very imprudent marriage almost always produces. To save herself from useless remonstrance, Mrs. Price never wrote to her family on the subject till actually married. Lady Bertram, who was a woman of very tranquil feelings, and a temper remarkably easy and indolent, would have contented herself with merely giving up her sister, and thinking no more of the matter; but Mrs. Norris had a spirit of activity, which could not be satisfied till she had written a long and angry letter to Fanny, to point out the folly of her conduct, and threaten her with all its possible ill consequences. Mrs. Price, in her turn, was injured and angry; and an answer, which comprehended each sister in its bitterness, and bestowed such very disrespectful reflections on the pride of Sir Thomas as Mrs. Norris could not possibly keep to herself, put an end to all intercourse between them for a considerable period.
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Love stories, English, Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency, Social life and customs, Adoptees, fiction, Poor families, fiction, Uncles, fiction, Cousins, fiction, English Love stories, Criticism and interpretation, Coming of age, fiction, Country homes, fiction, Social classes, Children of the rich, fiction, English fiction, Young women, fiction, Classic Literature, Manners and customs, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, family life, English literature, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Fiction, family life, Classic Literature, Jóvenes (Mujeres), Novela, Clases sociales, Primos, Tíos, Love stories, Domestic fiction, Englisch, Mansfield Park (Austen", Jane)", Romans, nouvelles, Mœurs et coutumes, Jeunes femmes, Vida social y costumbres, Fiction, romance, general, England, fiction, Fiction, family life, general, Large type books, Fiction, Young women, Children of the rich, Country homes, Adoptees, Cousins, Uncles, Mansfield Park, Literary, Fiction, general, Adaptations, Drama, Young women--england--fiction, Pr4034 .m3 1996, 823/.7, Young women--fiction, Children of the rich--fiction, Social classes--fiction, Country homes--fiction, Adoptees--fiction, Cousins--fiction, Uncles--fiction, Pr4034 .m3 2003, Literary criticism, European, Austen, jane , 1775-1817, Price, fanny, Pr4034 .m3 1998People
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19th century, 18th century, Regency Era, 19e siècle, Siglo XIXShowing 15 featured editions. View all 1101 editions?
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Mansfield Park: Webster's Thesaurus Edition
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The Novels of Jane Austen: In five volumes: Volume III
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Fanny Price is born to a poor family, but is sent to her mother's rich relations to be brought up with her cousins. There she is treated as an inferior by all except her cousin Edmund, whose kindness towards her earns him her steadfast love. Fanny is quiet and obedient and does not come into her own until her elder cousins leave the estate following a scandalous play put on in their father's absence. Fanny's loyalty and love is tested by the beautiful Crawford siblings. But their essentially weak natures and morals show them for what they really are, and allow Fanny to gain the one thing she truly desires.
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