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Mansfield Park

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"I have something in hand - which I hope on the credit of P. & P. will sell well, tho' not half so entertaining." (Jane Austen 1813 on Mansfield Park)


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Jane Austen wrote Mansfield Park between 1812 and 1814 and Thomas Egerton published it in 1814. Fanny Price, a young girl from a poor family is the main character of the story. She is raised, together with her four cousins, by Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram who are her aunt and uncle.