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Shy, fragile Fanny Price is the consummate "poor relation". Sent to live with her wealthy uncle Thomas, she clashes with his spoiled, selfish daughters and falls in love with his son. Their lives are further complicated by the arrival of a pair of witty, sophisticated Londoners, whose flair for flirtation collides with the quiet, conservative country ways of Mansfield Park.

Alla sua pubblicazione nel 1814, Mansfield Park riscosse un immediato successo, tanto che nel 1816 fu tradotto in francese. Il romanzo è un delizioso affresco corale imbastito intorno alla protagonista, Fanny Price, che, partendo dalla sua umile casa piena di fratelli, si ritrova catapultata a soli nove anni nella ricca tenuta dei parenti nobili, i Bertram, a Mansfield Park. Fanciulla di sani principi e grande timidezza, Fanny trova nel cugino Edmund l’unica guida e sostegno alla sua crescita.

When shy Fanny Price arrives at Mansfield Park to live with her cousins, she is overwhelmed and only put at ease by her cousin, Edmund Bertram, whom she soon comes to love. But Edmund's head is turned by the beautiful Mary Crawford and she and her brother Henry spark a series of romantic entanglements that lead the Bertram family to the brink of social disaster. It becomes apparent to Fanny that pretty manners and fine words are no substitute for integrity.

Fanny Price es una niña todavía cuando sus tíos la acogen en su mansión de Mansfield Park, rescatándola de una vida de estrecheces y de necesidades. Allí, ante su mirada amedrentada, desfilará un mundo de ocio y de refinamiento en el que las inocentes diversiones alimentarán maquinaciones y estrategias de seducción.

In the story, we meet young Fanny Price, an impoverished young girl who is sent to live with her wealthy family in Mansfield Park, her aunt and uncle's country estate. Fanny, seen as uncultured and boorish by her relatives, is mistreated by all of them...save cousin Edmund, for whom she kindles a secret crush. What follows is a series of love triangles (and quadrangles) among the various cousins and their prospective paramours, familial tragedies, scandals and ill-conceived affairs, all culminating in the question...will true love win in the end?

The backbone of Mansfield Park is based around the marriages of sisters Lady Bertram, Mrs. Norris, and Mrs. Price. Each of these sisters marries a man from a different social class. Lady Bertram marries an extremely wealthy baronet, Sir Thomas Bertram; Mrs. Norris marries a clergyman who makes a decent living; and Mrs. Price marries a naval lieutenant who is injured shortly after they marry, causing his career to end with living in poverty.

Mansfield Park es quizá el texto más sombrío y perturbador de Austen.

When the self-effacing 10-year-old Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relations at Mansfield Park she seems shy and withdrawn beside her witty and vivacious cousins. Growing up in the Bertram household, she is always treated as an inferior, only finding an ally in her cousin Edmund. But Fanny's steadfast and purposeful character eventually makes her an indispensable part of the household. During the absence of Fanny's uncle, the others become entangled in a maze of flirtation and intrigue upon the arrival of Mary Crawford and her brother Henry.

Con el paso del tiempo, el prestigio de Mansfield, ha ido aumentando. Hoy, es un nombre fundamental en la historia de la Literatura.

"Vida de Ma Parker" es un relato corto de Katherine Mansfield que sigue un día en la vida de una mujer llamada Ma Parker, quien trabaja como criada para una señora adinerada. A través de una serie de encuentros y situaciones cotidianas, Mansfield revela las luchas internas y los desafíos que enfrenta Ma Parker mientras intenta sobrevivir en la dura realidad de la vida urbana. La historia ofrece una mirada conmovedora a la soledad, la pobreza y la falta de oportunidades que caracterizan la existencia de Ma Parker.

Grab your sisters and cinch those corsets! This is a retelling of Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice like no other, performed by a remarkable new cast with an original score by Grammy-nominated composer, Morgan Kibby. Elizabeth Bennet has no intention of settling for any man, or frankly any life, that isn’t lived entirely on her terms. She will marry for love, dance when she wants to dance, and—if at all possible—find a quiet spot to read without being interrupted.

Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen, is a novel filled with subtle emotions, intrigue, and social tensions. Fanny Price, raised in a poor family, is taken in by her wealthy relatives at Mansfield Park. There, she becomes both a witness and participant in the complicated relationships among the family members and their guests–mysterious figures who soon disrupt the harmony of the household.

Se trata de la vida de Ma Parker. La historia nos describe todos los problemas que ha tenido; todo lo que ha sufrido por su familia, la soledad en la que se encuentra y lo peor, la muerte de su nieto. Pero a pesar de todo eso, ella es una mujer fuerte y lo pudo tolerar. Al final llegó a un punto en su vida donde no podía soportar más. Melancólico y dulce cuento de la escritora neozelandesa Katherine Mansfield sobre la relación de amor y ternura que inspira un canario a su cuidadora.

In this Audible Exclusive production, Academy Award® nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) narrates one of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Sense and Sensibility. In this timeless tale of misguided romance and heartbreak, two teenage heroines must overcome the pitfalls of Georgian England’s high society in order to achieve the love and happiness they seek. The admiration that Pike has for Austen’s work is shown clearly through this passionate delivery of Austen’s first published novel.

Fanny Price, a poor relation of the rich Bertrams, is reluctantly adopted into the family, to be brought up at Mansfield Park, where she is condescendingly treated. Only her cousin, Edmund, a young clergyman, appreciates her fine qualities. Fanny soon falls in love with him, but Edmund is, unfortunately, drawn to the shallow and worldly Mary Crawford.

At just ten years old, Fanny Price is sent from her poor Portsmouth home to live with the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the vast grandeur of Mansfield Park. Timid and fragile, Fanny is neglected by the indolent Lady Bertram, belittled by her conceited cousins Maria and Julia, and constantly reminded of her lowly status by her ever-critical Aunt Norris. Her only comfort is the kindness and attention shown by her cousin Edmund, and her sole strength the sense of her own moral integrity. But this strength is tested when the alluring Henry and Mary Crawford arrive.

In Mansfield Park, dem Herrenhaus des reichen Sir Thomas Bertram, leben nicht weniger als drei junge Ehekandidatinnen. Julia und Maria sind die Töchter des Hauses und gefährden durch Arroganz und Eitelkeit ihr zukünftiges Glück. Zugleich machen sie ihrer Cousine Fanny Price, die bei den Bertrams aufwächst, das Leben schwer. Fannys einziger Verbündeter ist ihr Cousin Edmund. Bis das reiche und schöne Geschwisterpaar Crawford auftaucht und allen Anwesenden den Kopf verdreht.

Mansfield Park is the third published novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1814 by Thomas Egerton. A second edition was published in 1816 by John Murray, still within Austen's lifetime. The novel did not receive any public reviews until 1821. The novel tells the story of Fanny Price, starting when her overburdened family sends her at age ten to live in the household of her wealthy aunt and uncle and following her development into early adulthood.

Mansfield Park, lieu de vie de la famille du baronnet Sir Thomas Bertram, qui en est, en quelque sorte, le personnage central. Fanny Price, la petite cousine pauvre accueillie par charité, devra d'abord apprendre à s'y sentir chez elle avant d'en devenir finalement la conscience morale.

"Husets prakt förbluffade henne men skänkte ingen tröst. Rummen var alldeles för stora för att hon skulle våga röra sig fritt i dem; hon trodde att hon skulle ha sönder allt hon rörde vid och hon smög omkring i ständig fruktan för ett eller annat; ofta drog hon sig undan till sitt eget rum för att gråta; och den lilla flickan, om vilken det sades i salongen när hon hade lämnat den på kvällen att hon verkade så medveten om sin enastående goda tur som man kunde önska, avrundade varje dags sorger med att snyfta sig till sömns."