Mansfield Park

Romance

Author: Jane Austen

We have all been more or less to blame … every one of us, excepting Fanny’,Taken from the poverty of her parents’ home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally. During her uncle’s absence in Antigua, the Crawford’s arrive in the neighbourhood bringing….Read More

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