Pa's review
Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen
Pa's review
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Pa's review
rating:
"Mansfield Park" is not nearly as brilliant as "Pride and Prejudice" but still it's a tremendous pleasure to be thrown into the world of Austen romance, esp. when that world is, again, brimmed with countless intriguing and exasperating miunderstandings and misinterpretations. The main characters Fanny Price and Emund Bertram of "Mansfield Park" are not so sharply drawn and dazzling as Elizabeth and Darcy of "Pride and Prejudice"--in fact I found Fanny Price a little "boring and dull" and Edmund a bit too stiff, esp. with his complete lack or unaware of romantic feelings toward Fanny througout the novel. Edmund had a crush on Miss Crawford, a silly and shallow woman, until the very end when he finally saw her for who she is. Fortunately, our Fanny Price seemed to know her own heart and the novel ended happily with Edmund marrying Fanny. A nice, predictable ending but a little contrived to say the least.
