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Michelle (MichelleBookAddict)
2004
Jane Austen's writing, in my opinion, allowed woman to speak their mind. Her writing of society and balls being drab and the heroine wanting to break away from what a woman should be is feminism. The heroine enjoyed taking longer walks than they "should." They didn't succumb to petty giggling and gossips.

Fanny Price is all this and more in "Mansfield Park." She isn't afraid to talk about politics and slavery. Something woman at this time didn't discuss with men. But Fanny does.

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Rachel
Mar 02, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
I'm not sure I'm really qualified to write a review of Jane Austen. I mean, shouldn't one be a professor of English at an Ivy League school to have that privilege? Anyway, anything by Austen is sure to entertain and make you think. I found myself comparing the book to the one movie version of it that I have seen, and own, which took quite a few liberties with the story. I like Fanny as a strong female character in both the book and the movie, and have decided that I like both book and movie for ...more
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