Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview... the kind soul in a selfish family. The youngest son of the wealthy Bertrams, Edmund values intelligence, kindness, and compassion far more than his parents or siblings. For instance, although the family brings their young relative Fanny Price into their Mansfield Park home, Edmund is the only one who treats her like a close friend and not an outcast. Because of their similar dispositions, the two grow up as best friends – a relationship Fanny cherishes but Edmund takes for granted.
Personality... gentle, intellectual, principled, and occasionally foolhardy. Edmund has a generous, caring spirit and he craves only a simple life as a clergyman. But although he strives to be thoughtful and moral, he’s not immune to flights of fancy. When he falls for a wealthy, worldly woman named Mary, he’s immediately blinded to her faults and to the pain it causes Fanny.
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This fun and sexy comedy tells a timelessly entertaining story where wealthy, secret passions and mischievous women put love to the test.. When a spirited young woman, Fanny Price, is sent away to live on the great country estate of her rich cousins, she's meant to learn the ways of proper society. But while Fanny learns "their" ways, she also enlightens them with a wit and sparkle all her own.
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Against a genteel country landscape of formal parks and stately homes, the gossipy Mrs. Norris becomes a masterful comic creation; the fickle young suitor Henry Crawford provides an unequaled portrait of an unscrupulous young man; and the complexly drawn Fanny Price emerges as one of Jane Austen's finest achievements—the poor cousin who comes to stay with her wealthy relatives at Mansfield Park and learns how the game of love can too easily turn to folly. More intricately plotted and wider in scope than Austen's earlier works, Mansfield Park continues to enchant and delight us as a superb example of a great author's craft.
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Drama series based on the novel by Jane Austen. Mansfield Park is the magnificient country residence of Sir Thomas Bertram and his family. It is here that their poor relation Fanny Price is brought up. Never allowed to forget her good fortune, Fanny is ignored by her cousins, with the exception of Edmund, who alone treats her with care and affection. But will she ever be able to win a valued place in the household and the heart of the man of her dreams?
