Mansfield Park (The Winchester Austen)

Mansfield Park is a novel about town and country, surface dazzle and lasting values. Fanny Price, a poor relation, is brought up at the wealthy Bertrams' country house and falls for Edmund, the younger son. Their lives are disrupted, however, by the arrival of the worldly Mary Crawford and her brother Henry. With her usual psychological insight and attention to detail, Jane Austen paints an irresistibly lifelike portrait of shifting values and split loyalties. Features : The complete text in a modern, readable typeface. Four clear introductions by renowned Austen scholars. A timeline in colour of Jane Austen's world. A colour map of Jane Austen's England. An illustrated section of the Church. A stylish embossed black jacket with and easy to use elastic closure. This series is named after the English city of Winchester, the country town of Hampshire, where Jane Austen spent most of her life. She is buried in the north aisle of the nave of Winchester Cathedral. Other titles in the series include Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.