Mansfield Park: Jane Austen: 19 (Macmillan Collector's Library, 19) - Hardcover

Austen, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1909621714 ISBN 13: 9781909621718

Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2016

Synopsis

With psychological insight and sparkling wit, Jane Austen paints an irresistibly lifelike portrait of shifting values and split loyalties in Mansfield Park.

Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics bound in real cloth with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Gorgeously illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this edition also includes an afterword by historian and author Nigel Cliff.

Aged ten, Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthier relations, the Bertrams, at Mansfield Park. However, life there is not as she imagined. Treated with disdain by three of her cousins, she finds her only comfort in the kindness of the fourth, Edmund. As they grow, their friendship develops into romantic love - until the arrival of Henry Crawford and his charming sister Mary causes an emotional upheaval that no one in the family expects.

About this title

About the Author

Jane Austen was born in 1775 in rural Hampshire, the daughter of an affluent village rector who encouraged her in her artistic pursuits. In novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma she developed her subtle analysis of contemporary life through depictions of the middle-classes in small towns. Her sharp wit and incisive portraits of ordinary people have given her novels enduring popularity. She died in 1817.

From the Back Cover

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1909621714
• ISBN 13: 9781909621718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 584
• Illustrator: Thomson Hugh