Mansfield Park [Hardcover]

Fanny Price's rich relatives offer her a home at Mansfield Park so that she can be properly brought up. However, Fanny's childhood is a lonely one as she is never allowed to forget her place. Her only ally is her cousin Edmund. But when the glamorous and exciting Henry and Mary Crawford arrive in the area, Edmund starts to grow close to Mary and Fanny finds herself dealing with feelings she has never experienced before.

'Full of the energies of discord - sibling rivalry, greed, ambition, illicit sexual passion and vanity' Margaret DrabbleFull of the energies of discord - sibling rivalry, greed, ambition, illicit sexual passion, and vanity—Margaret Drabble

Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire—J.K. Rowling

Jane Austen at her most genteelly ascerbic—The Times

Austen looks at her world with a cool, undressing gaze...she is a formidable opponent of hypocrisy and sentimentality—Observer

Who needs eReaders when book publishers are repackaging classic tales in beautiful covers like these? … Perfect for fans of the author—Bella

Beautifully designed… Perfect collectable gift for Austen fans and design devotees—So Darling

These might be the loveliest editions of Jane Austen’s novels we’ve seen in a long time—A Little Bird (blog)Jane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16 December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath, then to Southampton and finally to Chawton in Hampshire. She began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was twenty-two years old. It was originally called First Impressions and was initially rejected by the publishers and only published in 1813lƒ*