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Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2025Reread for Jane Austen 250. Mansfield Parik isn't an easy read. Younger me certainly didn't enjoy it. But reading through older eyes, I see Fanny's quiet strength of character. I still find Edmund to be a dud, but I understand that's what Fanny needs. Something I came to realize on this reading; all the worst characters of Austen are in Mansfield Park.
2021 Epiphany during Pemberlittens Readalong of Mansfield Park: why I didn't like when originally read as a teenager. Now I have Elizabeth Bennet's Obstinate Headstrong Girl attitude, back then I was Fanny Price. Quiet, shy, & afraid. Often, I've compared my hypochondriac mother to Mrs. Bennet. Yet so many times with reading (especially when listening to the brilliant Juliet Stevenson on Audible) Mrs. Norris sounded exactly like my mother. Verbal abuse & neglect of Fanny I think just hit to close to home for me back then.
Another reason for disliking - Fanny got her HEA but Edmund is no Mr. Darcy or Henry Tilney.
Having survived and thrived despite of my childhood, I can now read through older eyes and appreciate Fanny Price. And I will definitely read again. 💙💙💙💙💙
Also read Annotated Mansfield Park. Goodreads doesn't seem to be able to separate the 2 books especially in App. I enjoyed the Annotations but they distract from story so after finishing my Chapter a Day of Mansfield Park I would read a 2nd time with Annotations. Hence, I read the book twice.
2021 Epiphany during Pemberlittens Readalong of Mansfield Park: why I didn't like when originally read as a teenager. Now I have Elizabeth Bennet's Obstinate Headstrong Girl attitude, back then I was Fanny Price. Quiet, shy, & afraid. Often, I've compared my hypochondriac mother to Mrs. Bennet. Yet so many times with reading (especially when listening to the brilliant Juliet Stevenson on Audible) Mrs. Norris sounded exactly like my mother. Verbal abuse & neglect of Fanny I think just hit to close to home for me back then.
Another reason for disliking - Fanny got her HEA but Edmund is no Mr. Darcy or Henry Tilney.
Having survived and thrived despite of my childhood, I can now read through older eyes and appreciate Fanny Price. And I will definitely read again. 💙💙💙💙💙
Also read Annotated Mansfield Park. Goodreads doesn't seem to be able to separate the 2 books especially in App. I enjoyed the Annotations but they distract from story so after finishing my Chapter a Day of Mansfield Park I would read a 2nd time with Annotations. Hence, I read the book twice.