Jane Austen's complex tale of social class and morality now in a collectible Deluxe Edition
celebrating the 250th anniversary of the author's birth Shy and penniless Fanny Price is
brought up on her uncle Sir Thomas Bertram’s estate Mansfield Park as an act of charity. Sir
Thomas also owns land— and benefits from the labor of enslaved people— in the Caribbean colony
of Antigua. Fanny is miserable until her kind cousin Edmund Bertram takes her under his wing.
Having secretly fallen in love with him Fanny suffers severely when his head is turned by the
captivating Mary Crawford. Fanny’s quiet fortitude makes Mansfield Park one of Austen’s most
psychologically astute novels. Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature
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