TY - BOOK AU - Austen, Jane AU - Kinsley, James, ed. TI - Mansfield park T2 - Oxford World's Classics SN - 0192833634 U1 - 823.7 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - English Fiction KW - English Literature KW - England KW - Young women KW - Country homes KW - Children of the rich KW - Cousins KW - Adoptees KW - Uncles KW - Manners and customs N1 - With an introduction by Marilyn Butler. Notes by John Lucas N2 - At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. There she accepts her lowly status, and gradually falls in love with her cousin Edmund. When the dazzling and sophisticated Henry and Mary Crawford arrive, Fanny watches as her cousins become embroiled in rivalry and sexual jealousy. As the company starts to rehearse a play by way of entertainment, Fanny struggles to retain her independence in the face of the Crawfords' dangerous attractions; and when Henry turns his attentions to her, the drama really begins ER -