Study notes: Mansfield Park
Shy Fanny Price is sent at ten to live with rich relatives at Mansfield Park, where she is often treated as less than family. When charming visitors from London arrive and stir things up, Fanny's quiet good sense turns out to be stronger than anyone expected.
Themes
Principle and character. Family and belonging. Charm versus goodness.
People to follow
Fanny Price, Edmund Bertram, Henry Crawford, Mary Crawford, and Sir Thomas Bertram.
Talk about
- Why does Fanny refuse Henry?
- How does the play cause trouble?
- What does home mean to Fanny?
Public-domain text. First published in 1814; Jane Austen died in 1817, so this text is in the public domain in the US, Canada, the EU and India. Summary and notes written by ViralScopeHub.