Mansfield Park (Wordsworth Classics)

Easy font to read and a classic story. Probably one of the least read of Jane Austin’s books.

Very cute cover. I am satisfied

There’s a reason this novel is still in print after nearly 300 years. The writing is marvelous and the voice is Jane Austen’s. It’s a trrrific time.

I'd been warned that Mansfield Park tends to be the least popular of Austen's novels. I'll grant you that I prefer novels where the action starts immediately or nearly so. I want to be able to identify with the protagonist. This story begins with exposition. It explains the background of the primary characters. I became very tired of the tone which is meant to display the snobbishness and class consciousness of the characters. So it's all explained in a high falutin manner which tells you in details (as well as in number of English pounds) what the various characters are worth. Page after page. By the time one gets to actually meet Fanny Price, the little girl who is sent away from her large disadvantaged family in London to live with her well-to-do relatives in the English countryside, you might be ready to throw the book across the room, but at least you will have an idea of what the poor girl is going to be up against. Once the story begins and there is dialogue, I found it more interesting, and a little before halfway through I was hooked. I wanted to find out how Fanny was going to fare in her new surroundings. Fanny is a timid girl. Every time a relative or acquaintance is kind to her and every time she manages to state her feelings clearly, you want to jump for joy. Now if you've read Jane Austen, you know that her sentences are extremely long and there is much ado about every event. But you might get caught up in the day-to-day dramas as there is a bit of comedy here as well as drama. Watch how a visit to her birth family's home affects Fanny--it's quite ironic and interesting. Can you go home again? You decide. At the end when the fate of Fanny and the other key characters is made known, I was disappointed because the book returned to exposition--telling rather than showing. It's a nice ending and I wanted to hear some conversation. I was sure that I was going to cry or at least have tears in my eyes, but the manner of closing the book was too cut and dried for me. I was disappointed. I'm giving it four stars because I loved Fanny and I enjoyed the story, but I wasn't always happy with the way it was told.

Ordered this to stock our Short Term Rental. Bought it for the price but it is actually very nice quality and came with no damage.

Never having read a Jane Austen story i did not want to spend much. Price was right and it works.

I love Jane Austen books, this one was a very tedious read. Nothing exciting happens until the last fifty pages.

Arrived promptly and is in excellent condition