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We follow the story of Fanny Price, a young girl who at the age of 10, is off to live with their wealthy uncle and aunt, Sir and Lady Bertram. There, being the poorest relation, she can't help but feel inferior to the others, only Edmund, her cousin, treats her kindly and with friendship. With the passing of the years, she ends up feeling more for Edmund than just the love of a cousin, but the arrival of the Crawford's, Mary and Henry, comes to put and end to her quiet living.
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This is, in many ways, both preachier and more depressing than other Austen novels. At times, I found myself a bit repulsed by Austen's conservatism---but then, this is what it's like to be two centuries removed from the author. Overall, I found the novel diverting and relaxing, and I would sometimes put it down to go to bed and not be able to fall asleep because I wondered what would happen next in the novel. As usual, Austen is definitely an astute observer of the human condition. A very pleas
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