scarfy 's review for:

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
4.0

Like Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park has a very slow beginning. Honestly, I was quite bored with it until Sir Thomas returned home from Antigua. It picked up more in terms of plot and character development afterwards and I was surprised to find myself enjoying this even more than Sense and Sensibility (although it doesn’t hold a candle to Pride and Prejudice). I think this is because we get to see much more of the love interests and have a better idea of their character, behaviours, interests, and so on.

I was disappointed in Crawford, though obviously unsurprised that he ruined his own chances at happiness merely because he enjoyed flirtation and bolstering his vanity so much. Nevertheless, Edmund was the better man, and although it took him far to long for him to view Fanny with any romantic inclination, I am glad that they ended up together.