Mansfield Park

In Mansfield Park, Fanny Price, who comes from difficult circumstances, is raised by her wealthy aunt and her four children. There, she is tolerated more than loved. Only her cousin Edward shows her affection. But the idyllic country life is thrown into disarray when the London bon vivants Mary and Henry Crawford appear, and with their intrigues and cunning powers of seduction, turn everything upside down. Engagements are broken off and hearts are shattered one after the other. Only the quiet Fanny sees through the game. Jane Austen, the master of well-measured dialogue, nonchalant wit, and sharp character portrayal, proves herself in her third novel as a mature storyteller at the height of her art. Following Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, Manfred Allié and Gabriele Kempf-Allié also give Mansfield Park a fresh and modern tone. With an afterword by Julika Griem. “The most complete artist among (our) women, an author whose books are immortal…” Virginia Woolf on Jane Austen.