Mansfield Park

Rating: ★★★★★

Method of Reading: Kindle, 480 pages in paperback
Dates of Reading: November 15, 2010-December 11, 2010
Author: Jane Austen
Publication Year: 1814
Recommended To: High school girls and Austen fans.
Quotes:
   "'I pay very little regard... to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person."
   "He pressed her hand, looked at her, and was gone."
   "She was of course only too good for him; but as nobody minds having what is too good for them, he was very steadily earnest in pursuit of the blessing."
Movie: Of course.

Wikipedia Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_Park
Link: http://www.austen.com/mans/

My View: The most subdued of Austen's books as far as I've read, this book still follows the typical Austen pattern: Intense, emotionally detached but moving set-up followed by drawn-out central plot twists and ending with a concise profession of love and a little happily ever after. This novel, however, had me wondering more than in most of Austen's books who was better for Fanny and whether she would ever get her fantasy moment: Edmund or Crawford? Both had their failings and both had their merits, and both made me wonder exactly who they really were. Great book with a compelling central character (if only because of her differences from Austen's typical heroines) and worth re-reading. The Cinderella of Austen.

Always,
Your Bibliomaniac

Bibliographic info:
Austen, Jane. Mansfield Park. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Electronic.