Mansfield Park

Jane Austen's Children's Collection

by Gemma Barder

About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward, of Huntingdon, with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram, of Mansfield Park, in the county of Northampton, and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet's lady, with all the comforts and consequences of an handsome house and large income. All Huntingdon exclaimed on the greatness of the match, and her uncle, the lawyer, himself, allowed her to be at least three thousand pounds short of any equitable claim to it. She had two sisters to be benefited by her elevation; and such of their acquaintance as thought Miss Ward and Miss Frances quite as handsome as Miss Maria, did not scruple to predict their marrying with almost equal advantage. But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them. Miss Ward, at the end of half a dozen years, found herself obliged to be attached to the Rev. Mr. Norris, a friend of her brother-in-law, with scarcely any private fortune, and Miss Frances fared yet worse. Miss Ward's match, indeed, when it came to the point, was not contemptible: Sir Thomas being happily able to give his friend an income in the living of Mansfield; and Mr. and Mrs. Norris began their career of conjugal felicity with very little less than a thousand a year. But Miss Frances married, in the common phrase, to disoblige her family...

Genres: Classics, Childrens

Paperback

First published January 1, 2020

About the author

Gemma Barder is an author of a variety of children's books and specialises in activity books and middle grade chapter books. She has written about everything from dinosaurs to Jane Austen - and all that comes in between! She lives in the midlands with her family and a mischievous cocker spaniel.

Reviews

[Jessikah Hope · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading a retelling (Seeking Mansfield) first helped me to get more out of this one and it actually wasn't bad!

[Kezia]

IMPORTANT NOTE; i listened to this on audio book and did not bee seen the pictures. I do not know that I have ever been the target audience.

CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNINGS/CW/TW; someone married there first cousin, someone runs off with a married woman (non detailed); mentioned of the Anglican Church/Church of England.

MESSAGES; sometimes life is hard, and you have to deal with that - be a good person; things might just work out in the long run, and it will be worth it either way - be careful how you judge people - bad people sometimes do helpful things - sometimes you have to wait for people to show their true colours

WRITING; thought concise, and fast paced enough that there isn;t much by way of nuanced character portrayal, the sytle surprised me by how many sensory details and smooth writing there was.

CONCLUSION
Though I have read, and tbh not exactly been impressed with, a few of the Russian versions of these, this is my first time listening to a whole Easy Reads Sweet Cherry Classic. Since Mansfield Park, somber as it is, is yet easier to make child friendly than the Brothers Karamazov, I am happy to report that the plot didn't seem materialy altered here. Sure, they include a showdown with naerly all the characters in the same room, where Mary Crawford is ,,blunt, to say the least, but I felt she kept he essence of the story and conflict in a cute, simple way.

The Audiobook
I enjoyed the different voices done by the narrator! They were, in my opinion, very distinct and easy to keep track of!

[Joey-Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn’t like this story at all, it was just weird honestly so weird. A young poor girl sent to love in her rich aunt and uncles mansion being raised with her cousins where she then falls in love with her cousin only to painfully watch him fall in love with the rich neighbour.

It was apparent from the instant she showed up that she was going to fall in love with him but wow this was so weird and I wish I’d of known what the story was actually about before reading it.

Though I’m ususally a fan of these classics and I love that they are created in an easier way and retelling the story to get kids to read classics and enjoy the stories. I really wasn’t a fan of this one the story itself was just so weird and I wasn’t a fan.

Most of the story nothing much seemed to happen just the rich people sitting around talking, they are doing a play until they are no longer allowed to, looking after a sick cousin and it was all so blah to me which is such a shame and then it was just weird. I just wasn’t personally a fan of this story.

But alas I may not have enjoyed this one but it’s a classic and I’m sure many people love this story. I still think it was done well for the easy classics line but I just think the story isn’t very good in general to me.

[G · Rating 3 out of 5]

القصة ممتعة وأحداثها تشد للنهاية وعدد الشخصيات معقول وبنائهم جدًا مناسب حتى تصرفاتهم منطقية على شخصيتهم.

من بين كل بطلات السلسلة فاني أشوفها أفضل بطلة منهم لأنها شخص صريح وواضح وناضجة وواعية جدًا على رغم صغر سنها، تمنيت إنهم ذكروا سبب طلب خالتها لها حتى تعيش معها خاصة إنها تمتلك طفلتين فما فيه سبب واضح لحاجتها لها.

إيدموند من الشخصيات اللطيفة فحبيته جدًا ولو إنه انعمى لوهلة ولا عرف يختار زين لكن أحسه شيء يمر به أي أحد.

أكثر من حرق دمي هو هنري وماريا! مازلت ما أفهم صدق يعني وين عقولهم كان عندهم مشاعر لبعض ومع ذلك هي كملت وتزوجت شخص ثاني عشان فلوسه وبعد زواجها فجأة حست انها لا تبغى تكون زوجة هينري! وهربت معه !! وأخته خبيثة جدًا من البداية كانت حابكة الأمر وتخطط على ورثهم وتنتظر ولدهم الكبير يموت وتقولها بكل صراحة!

لكن النهاية فعلًا تبرد الخاطر ومناسبة، وأعتبرها ثاني أفضل قصة من السلسلة جدًا استمتعت بها، لكن أبدًا ما تنفع للأطفال.

[Spark]

I like the Jane Austen's books because they are fun to read and i think you sbed hould read this book because they are fun and it is fun to read Jane Austen's books because I think you should read this book. i love when fanny gos to Mansfield park because they are fun to have because they are not mad at her.

[Heather McC · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not exactly my favorite of the Austen works, primarily due to the characters, but the adaptation continues to be accessible to readers.

[Kathy Jacob]

I read this whole series to become acquainted with Jane Austen, watching a movie with each one. Nice change of pace

[Kristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Великолепна 💗

[Kari Hooten · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect introduction to Jane Austen for my daughter.

[Sarunia_czyta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Podobało mi się, było extra!!

[romantasy_books_ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nie spodziewałam się, że to będzie takie świetne! Koniecznie muszę kupić wersję dla starszych i ją przeczytać!

[singvlarity · Rating 3.5 out of 5]

⭐ 3.5