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Mansfield Park (Unabridged) Kindle Edition

4.2 out of 5 stars 10,878 ratings

Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park" is a classic novel that delves into the complexities of the early 19th-century English society, specifically focusing on the themes of social class, morality, and the role of women. Austen's unique writing style, characterized by wit, satire, and keen observation of human behavior, brings the characters and their interactions to life. The novel is set in a country estate, Mansfield Park, where the protagonist, Fanny Price, must navigate the expectations and judgments of her wealthy relatives. Through Fanny's journey, Austen explores the inner workings of society and challenges the conventional norms of the time. The unabridged edition allows readers to fully immerse themselves in Austen's richly detailed world and appreciate the depth of her social commentary. Jane Austen, a prolific writer of the Regency era, drew inspiration from her personal experiences and observations of society to craft her novels. Her keen insight into human nature and social dynamics shines through in each of her works, making her a timeless literary figure. With "Mansfield Park," Austen continues to captivate readers with her astute observations and engaging storytelling. I highly recommend "Mansfield Park" to readers who enjoy classic literature, social commentary, and character-driven narratives. Austen's exploration of societal values and individual morality will resonate with readers seeking a thought-provoking and memorable reading experience.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07BMVR6WH
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Musaicum Books
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 21 Mar. 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.6 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 69 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8027240807
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 10 years and up
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Customers find this Jane Austen novel an easy enjoyable read with a timeless classic story and perfect picture of Regency times. They appreciate its value, with one noting it repays multiple readings, and consider it one of the best editions of Austen's works. The character development receives mixed reactions, with some praising the wonderful characters while others find the narrator's voice disappointing. The book has a slow pace that takes time to get into.

210 customers mention ‘Readability’174 positive36 negative

Customers find the book an easy and enjoyable read with delightful prose.

"...In short, this is a wonderful, wonderful book which provides a fantastic life lesson to us all in patience, the art of courtship and romance and..." Read more

"...Mansfield Park is a masterpiece of English manners, of Englishness and of empire. It is also a pleasure to read from beginning to end...." Read more

"...Overall, this is a very readable, thought-provoking novel that perhaps lacks the timelessnes of Austen's other work, but nonetheless remains..." Read more

"...Jane Austen's prose is still delightful, her characters are amusing even if they are a bit weak-willed and rubbish humans...." Read more

52 customers mention ‘Story quality’39 positive13 negative

Customers love the story of this novel, describing it as a timeless classic that becomes even more interesting, with one customer noting how the plot develops throughout the book.

"...provides a fantastic life lesson to us all in patience, the art of courtship and romance and measuring the true worth of a person...." Read more

"...this meat beneath the surface, there is still a gentle and touching domestic love story, which evolves over the course of the novel as the more..." Read more

"...it is despite the above (or precisely because of the above) a very fascinating novel." Read more

"...For the modern reader, some of the drama is difficult to fully embrace...." Read more

36 customers mention ‘Value for money’31 positive5 negative

Customers find the book worth the money, with one mentioning that it repays multiple readings.

"...Can't recommend it enough. This kindle edition is FREE and it has page numbers so it's easy to reference in essays - this is a..." Read more

"...(without trying to be 'clever'), demure, empathic, shy, understanding, patient, soft-spoken (if and when she speaks at all), caring, and so on ad..." Read more

"...What she is, is resolute, determined and above all, willing to be the subservient companion to Lady Bertram and her pampered offspring...." Read more

"Half a book of details and laying character groundwork, read slowly, followed by a swift advance of a satisfactory ending...." Read more

27 customers mention ‘Beauty’27 positive0 negative

Customers find the book beautiful, describing it as a lovely edition that captures the perfect picture of Regency times, with one customer noting its old-world charm.

"...In short, Fanny Price is a very nice, kind lady who thoroughly deserves the happiness which eventually comes to her...." Read more

"...Henry's sister Miss Mary Crawford, is attractive and charming, but neither of them necessarily have good principles either...." Read more

"...Jane's writing does not date. I am stunned yet again by her brilliance and subtlety." Read more

"...Second, about the book itself -- I was taken with poor, sweet Fanny from the start...." Read more

25 customers mention ‘Insight’25 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's insights, with one customer highlighting its exploration of moral values and another noting its acute social observations.

"...In short, this is a wonderful, wonderful book which provides a fantastic life lesson to us all in patience, the art of courtship and romance and..." Read more

"...Similarly, contemporary values regarding manners, position, influence and identity are gently rolled out for the reader through the evolving..." Read more

"...A strong theme in this book, and one which gave me a lot of food for thought, is nature v nurture...." Read more

"...Fanny is intelligent (without trying to be 'clever'), demure, empathic, shy, understanding, patient, soft-spoken (if and when she speaks at all),..." Read more

15 customers mention ‘Jane austen romance’15 positive0 negative

Customers love Jane Austen's romance in this book, with one customer noting the vivid characters and another describing it as the best edition of Austen's works.

"...She is (at times annoyingly so) the very embodiment of perfection in womanhood, or at least according to the standards of the early 19th century...." Read more

"Jane Austen's appeal to me is her acute social observation and interesting heroines who have a bit of spark about them even if they are far from..." Read more

"...Jane Austen's characters are vivid and very well developed so that they are easy to imagine...." Read more

"The most modern Austen I've read to date...." Read more

47 customers mention ‘Character development’22 positive25 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the character development in the book, with some praising the wonderful characters while others find them slightly wordy and express disappointment with the narrator's voice.

"...the plot isn't a really strong theme and the novel is definitely character and era driven novel...." Read more

"...The characterisation in the book is fantastic - Mary Crawford for instance - yes, we know she's flawed and that some of the things she does are very..." Read more

"...academic style, so heavily theoretical, that many sentences are very hard to parse, even for someone who is familiar with literary criticism and..." Read more

"...What you do get from this novel is a highly appealing protagonist, Fanny's confidence gradually gets the better of her inhibitions through the novel...." Read more

16 customers mention ‘Pace’0 positive16 negative

Customers find the pace of the book disinteresting and take time to get into it, with one customer noting that the petty day-to-day life described is tedious.

"...This book took a while to get into, as most of the characters are pretty unlikeable...." Read more

"...we followed Fanny through her daily life at a rather sedate, disinteresting pace which allowed me to place Mansfield Park down far too easily than..." Read more

"...Emma are all magnificent but Mansfield Park seems to plod along, it has no pace and no humour...." Read more

"...It does tend to be quite slow in its story, with everything happening in the last 5% of the book...." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 December 2024
    One of the best insights into Jane Austen came to me last week from a friend with ADHD who told me how 'unpredictable' Jane's plots are. Because of her ADHD, my pal seeks the unexpected — and the Austen characters are so deeply based and complex that we cannot predict them. My friend's favourite of the six novels is this one. Mansfield Park is a bit different to the other five — more dramatic, even mentioning slavery in Antigua (where the family's money must come from), portraying the less privileged as well as the more wealthy, and the heroine is less witty and confident than Eliza Bennett or Emma. Having read it several times years ago, I could not reread it until now — and I delighted (an Austen word) in it again, and did not want to finish it. I had forgotten how much Jane recommends cheerfulness (alongside discipline, study and reflection) as a basis for a satisfied life. I did not remember from previous readings how dysfunctional the main family is that lives in and around Mansfield Park. More than that, the Bertram family is probably typical and no worse than most — so Jane's understanding of society is a recognition of the psychological difficulties we all have. Jane's writing does not date. I am stunned yet again by her brilliance and subtlety.
  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 November 2006
    Mansfield Park, although certainly regarded as a part of the canon of English literature, is often considered to be the weakest, least dazzling of Austen's novels. Without the witty sparkle of Pride and Prejudice or the gothic indulgence of Northanger Abbey, it has struggled at time to match the popularity of her other titles. But oh, what a treat those who pass over Mansfield Park are missing. Certainly, it is the most disturbing and perhaps the least superficially pleasing of Austen's output but it has rewards aplenty for the careful reader.

    Mansfield Park, home of the affluent Bertram family, takes in a young poor relation with the overt intention of giving her the advantages of a good education and good connections while preserving her sense of gratitude and subservience. Fanny, the haplessly lucky chosen beneficiary of such benevolence is uprooted from friends, home, family and all that it familiar to take up residence in the grand house with her grand relations. Austen sets Fanny up as the heroine, designed to evoke the sympathy of the reader: this is a challenge for a modern audience, many of whom will find her weak and too self-deprecating to be genuinely engaging. And similarly, the sins and deficiencies in disposition and feeling with which Austen gifts brother and sister, Mary and Henry Crawford, may seem not so damning today as Austen intended. This however, does little to detract from the overall value of the novel itself. The relationship between the Bertram family and its colonial role (their wealth derives from sugar plantations in Antigua) is only hinted at overtly, but beautifully explored through the metaphorical position of Mansfield as the centre of all that is English. Similarly, contemporary values regarding manners, position, influence and identity are gently rolled out for the reader through the evolving relationship between the Bertrams and their acquaintances and within the family itself. And yet, with all this meat beneath the surface, there is still a gentle and touching domestic love story, which evolves over the course of the novel as the more passionate, less fatalistic engagements and attachments of side characters wax and wane.

    Mansfield Park is a masterpiece of English manners, of Englishness and of empire. It is also a pleasure to read from beginning to end. Now, I'm off to start at the beginning again!
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 August 2013
    Mansfield Park.

    I first read this book back when I was a teenager and I wasn't that fussed on it. I didn't take to Fanny Price, the heroine of this tale, thinking that she was a bit of a drip, and I didn't find the story romantic enough. I decided to read the book again wondering how differently I'd see it being that much older. I am so glad I decided to re-read it, as I felt I appreciated it so much more than I did before.

    Fanny Price's mother suffers from a surplus of children compared to income. As was fairly common at the time, Fanny is taken in, at age 10 by another relative, her aunt (Lady Bertram) who is married to Sir Thomas Bertram, the owner of Mansfield Park. The Bertrams have 4 children, two boys, Tom and Edmund, and two younger girls, Maria and Julia, the youngest of which is about 2 years older than Fanny. Also heavily involved over at Mansfield Park is Lady Bertram's sister, Mrs Norris. There is no real expectation that Fanny will be brought up as one of them as her prospects would always have been less; she is brought up instead as a poor relation. The children aren't especially all that interested in her, aside from Edmund, 6 years Fanny's senior who takes pity on her and looks after her. Indolent Lady B finds her useful for being at her beck and call and Mrs Norris (who is a truly horrible woman) really dislikes Fanny. Mrs Norris seems to feel that any kindness she shows towards Fanny will somehow be disrespectful towards her other nieces, who she very much spoils. Although taught good manners the Bertram children are not encouraged to learn good principles - they aren't compassionate, thoughtful or self-denying. Edmund is the only Bertram child who has much in the way of principles, and they must have been innate to him.

    The main events of the book begin when the Crawfords come into the area. Mr Henry Crawford is a very vain man, who thoughtlessly enjoys making young ladies fall in love with him, and he succeeds with both Maria (who is engaged to an empty-headed man of fortune, Mr Rushworth) and Julia Bertram. Henry's sister Miss Mary Crawford, is attractive and charming, but neither of them necessarily have good principles either.

    This book took a while to get into, as most of the characters are pretty unlikeable. Fanny herself, although a good person, is so timid and shy that it takes a while to like her rather than merely feel sympathy for her. For a modern reader some of the things which I presume would have been obvious to a contemporary reader weren't immediately understandable. For example, in Sir Thomas's absence to visit his plantation in Antigua a decision is made to put together a play and both Fanny and Edmund are vehemently opposed to this scheme as being improper. For a modern reader it's hard to understand why this would be the case - the play they choose is obviously inappropriate, but it seems as though the principle of putting any play on is improper. Another thing that doesn't necessarily translate to a modern reader is Fanny's distrust of the Crawfords. In many ways they are quite likeable, even though he is quite rakish and his sister sees no problem with this. I can understand why Fanny didn't like them but I DID like them.

    Fanny herself I grew to like, but she is not as easy to like as other Austen heroines. She is a good person, and very unloved, and put upon. She is quite intolerant of weakness of character in others, although she is careful not to let this show inappropriately. She is quite a clear-sighted and shrewd judge of character but she is quite unforgiving in her judgements. I was beginning to despair in her, but she shows a bit of growth in her tolerance levels when she gets to know her sister and realises how principled she is despite the environment that she has grown up in.

    A strong theme in this book, and one which gave me a lot of food for thought, is nature v nurture. How the Bertram siblings turned out with an indolent mother, a harsh father, and brought up mostly by an interfering old busybody aunt who spoilt them and encouraged them to think well of themselves and what they were due and denied them nothing. How the Crawford siblings turned out, brought up in a home with a very unhappy marriage, clear 'sides' and no principles. How alike in nature Mrs Price and her sister Lady Bertram are, and how differently they now are due to the big difference in their financial situations. A visit to her mother's home in Portsmouth (where Fanny is even more unloved than in Mansfield Park) teaches Fanny a lot and she realises how much being at Mansfield Park has shaped her character. A crisis calls her 'home' to Mansfield Park - finally Fanny is appreciated more truly there, and her family there have also begun to know themselves and each other more truly too.

    Once I got into this book I really enjoyed it. I won't leave it so long until the next re-read! I'd like to find a good DVD adaptation of it too; I've seen a couple which I wasn't that impressed with, but I don't suppose that this is the easiest book to translate to the screen.
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  • Cliente de Amazon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Deep and dark
    Reviewed in Mexico on 12 April 2018
    Reviews call this the darkest of Austen's novels. It has a psychological dept that her other books, lighter and more satyrical, lack. A good insight on trauma, love and honor.
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  • Sophia Rose
    5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite Edition Entertaining Classic
    Reviewed in the United States on 18 November 2024
    Edition Review: The Chiltern classics are classy, collectible, and most definitely giftable. Each copy is a work of art in the gorgeous raised cover art, gilt-edged pages, thick paper stock, ribbon bookmark, and well formatted pages and font. Just above the size of a paperback and comfort-cushioned hardbound feel in hand. Readers will love this edition.

    Book Thoughts:
    Most people would turn their heads and stare to know that I love this second when I rank the six Jane Austen novels. I felt an urge to pick up this well-narrated audio version and listen in once again. I will share a ramble of thoughts on what jumped out at me this go around rather than a well-constructed review.

    As a teen, I think I related to Fanny's shyness, awkwardness, and I knew an underdog when I saw one. None of those early reactions of changed. Oh, granted, I've noticed her youthful immaturity come into play with her jealous condemnation or quick repudiation of some of those around her without the softer way an adult can hold to conviction with compassion and understanding (note I say 'can' because even as adults, we are quick to pounce on other people's mistakes or missteps at times).

    It's easy to forget Fanny is but eighteen here and she is the youngest of all the principal characters. She possesses a poise and gravity that her fickle, vain female cousins and even her aunts do not. Mary Crawford is the only of the female characters who can come close to rivaling her in intellect when she makes an effort while at Mansfield, but once back in the bosom of her shallow London friends, she shelves her brains to conform (and no, I'm not grudging people some frivolity and entertainment now and then) that it's okay to detest one's spouse and the only serious consideration when choosing said spouse is advancement or money. One can gripe to their friends about their misery and have their fun afterward even if it means sporting with or shattering another marriage.

    And, that sporting with other people's affections and lives is what struck me so hard this time about Henry Crawford and Mrs. Norris. Gasp, I know. I put two such people in the same sentence. He's rakish and she's parsimonious so they don't appear to have a lot in common. But, in their own ways, they share a liking for twisting people to do their will and take pleasure in it.

    And, that segues me nicely into why I appreciate this one. Austen is both poking fun at the all too serious folks with conviction while also giving them the grave nod that one should have discernment. The movie adaptions make most of the characters shine so they appeal while the book paints them all with a darker shade so their unappealing sides are more visible. Mary Crawford's character is where I see that most and, I do not blame the filmmakers for this choice. Someone has to be likeable, right? We wink with her over her flaws, but the book presents her with more mercenary designs that Fanny sees because her partiality shields her from the dazzle and attraction of the Crawfords. And, to give due credit, Fanny's educated and thought-filled mind help her parse out what her Bertram cousins can't and won't see particularly in Henry Crawford.

    Wanda McCaddon did well with the range of voices from old to young, gender, class, and personality so that I had no trouble delving into the story each time I clicked it on.

    The fact is I enjoy this book because I see it as part cautionary tale, part entertainment as Austen rolls out so many disparaging characters and brings them together at MP, but also part subtle complexity in that things are not only one faceted from the characters to the plot. Timid Fanny doesn't sparkle or have great appeal, but she has an inner strength that stands pat when she hits a pivotal moment of decision with everything and everyone ranged against her.
  • naokopi
    5.0 out of 5 stars ジュリエット・スティーブンソンによる朗読CD(完全版)
    Reviewed in Japan on 13 November 2011
    ジュリエット・スティーブンソンによる『マンスフィールド・パーク』の
    朗読CD(完全版:Unabridged)について。

    CD14枚で約16時間50分。
    ジュリエット・スティーブンソンの声はクリアでとても聞きやすいです。
    また皮肉っているところなどは、くすっと笑わずにはいられないほど、です。

    登場人物毎に声や話し方を変えるので、聞いているうちに情景が目に浮かぶようです。
    さらにそれぞれの人のやさしさやずるさなど、色々なものが聞いているうちに、
    すっと心に入ってきます。

    声の強弱や力の入れ方などが巧みで、はらはらどきどきしながら
    「この先、どうなるのだろう?」と聞いています。

    朗読者の声や話し方、スピードなどが不安であれば、版元のNaxos AudioBooksで
    試聴できるので、そちらでまずはお試し下さい。
    なお、硬い紙箱の中に、厚紙で1枚ずつ包装されています。

    ジュリエット・スティーブンソンの朗読はとても聞きやすいので、オススメします。
  • Harshita
    5.0 out of 5 stars Par excellence
    Reviewed in India on 2 October 2017
    Mansfield Park is Jane Austen's third novel, regarded by most critics as her most mature and complex work. However, given the unpopularity surrounding the novel, it is easy to relegate this work to the margins in favour of her other, more celebrated works. The one puzzling aspect of this is what exactly contributes to the widespread apathy towards this work. Lionel Trilling, the celebrated Austen critic and scholar, once famously wrote of Mansfield: "For those who admire her it is likely to make an occasion of embarrassment. By the same token it is the novel which the depreciators of Jane Austen may cite most tellingly in justification of their antagonism."

    In popular discourse, Austen figures as the creator of fiery, intelligent women who deliver scathingly witty repartees and refuse to bow down to societal norms and pressures of what a 'good girl' is supposed to do. Austen is seen, and not incorrectly, as the subverter and critique of the stifling expectations laid down on Victorian women, as exemplified through women like Lizzie Bennet, Emma Woodhouse and Elinor Dashwood. When you keep that in mind while reading Mansfield Park, the character of Fanny Price feels almost like a betrayal: here is a girl who is poor, lacking in health, vitality and beauty, and apparently seems to have none of that feistiness or pizzazz that her literary predecessors had. Rightly so. Fanny Price comes across meek, timid, submissive, and seems to uphold rigid ideas of feminine virtues (recall especially the episode of the private theatricals, where she is shocked by the fact that her cousins are enacting women blatantly lacking in modesty).

    However, as a literature student, it falls to my happy lot to scratch below the surface. Fanny, by virtue of her modesty and meekness, becomes the moral compass of the novel, quietly but insistently guiding the characters at Mansfield. She is also the perfect embodiment of what Locke calls the 'modern self', able to choose wisely for herself and possessing the discerning ability to pick long-term happiness over short-term gratification, unlike her Bertram cousins.

    Mansfield Park is a complex, multilayered work which, initially can come across as boring and tedious. However, it is in this novel that Austen's true literary genius shines.

    The Penguin Edition, annotated with an introduction by Kathryn Sutherland, is as wonderful as one could expect Penguin to be. The book was delivered promptly in one day.
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mansfield Park.
    Reviewed in Australia on 19 March 2018
    wonderful read. I love the characters. Jane has turned ordinary people into snarks, louts, borderlines, and a few quite lovely people.

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