Mansfield Park (Classic Collection (Brilliance Audio))
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (792 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1491535598 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 387 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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"It's One Heavy Book" according to KJC. So I just wanted to let others know that this collection is one giant book of all Austen novels combined. You can't tell from the picture, but I was actually expecting (and hoping for) individual books packed in one box like other book collections I have. So I was definitely a bit disappointed when I received this book. And while I am used to reading large books like David McCullough biographies, this compilation is by far the heaviest I have in my possession. I'm not sure I will be able to read this in bed or even hold it up in my arms for any long period of time. So beware. I would have chosen d. "Exceeded my Expectations Tremendously" according to Paul Bulger. I tend to buy cheaper books because I like to underline things and write in the margins, so it'd be a waste to buy nice clothbound editions or hardcovers, and usually such modestly priced collections are on the cheaply manufactured side, with thin paper and thin print, since you're getting so much to the dollar (seven GREAT books along with good intro and other writings about her works), but that isn't the case here. This isn't merely a cheap anthology for people like me who like to write in their books, like I had expected it to be. The paper is as thick as it is in regular books, the cover is go. Mansfield Park This is a very moving story about a young girl's plight during the 18th century. Children were treated as non-entities, and very little care was given to their feelings. At that time in history, everything was about personal standing in society, and that was determined by a person's wealth. Fanny Price, at the age of 10, is taken from her immediate family because she has none of either, and is placed in a situation with wealthy relations where she is treated practically as a servant. According to these relatives, this is necessary to insure Fanny's standing in society for when she becomes of an ag
And her narrative passages transparently tie the whole family together into one beautiful package." —AudioFile. When Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relations at Mansfield Park she seems shy and withdrawn beside her witty and vivacious cousins. As the others become entangled in a maze of flirtation and intrigue, it is only Fanny whose deep but secret love for Edmund Bertram remains true despite his fascination with her brilliant but frivolous cousin Mary."Frances Barber offers a sterling performance, bringing life and sparkle to each character.Barber convincingly shifts from lord of the manor to sniveling servitude at the change of a sentence. But Fanny's steadfast and purposeful character makes her an indispensable part of the household
Certain rules applied to who was eligible and who was not, how one courted and married and what one expected afterwards. The only one who has truly been kind to Fanny is Edmund Bertram, the younger of the family's two sons. To flout these rules was to tear at the basic fabric of society, and the consequences could be terrible. Though Jane Austen was writing at a time when Gothic potboilers such as Ann Ward Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho and Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto were all the rage, she never got carried away by romance in her own novels. --Alix Wilber. Describing the switch in Edmund's affections from Mary to Fanny, she writes: "I purposely abstain from dates on this occasion, that everyone may be at liberty to fix their own, aware that the cure of unconquerable passions, and the transfer of unchanging attachments, must vary much as to time in different people." What does not vary is the