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Chargement... Mansfield Park (original 1814; édition 2022)par Jane Austen (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreMansfield Park par Jane Austen (1814)
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So many reviews, this is just a note to myself. I enjoyed the read, Austen has a way with words that no one else does. However, I didn't love anyone in this book and so was not invested in the story. ( ) Come on now, why is Pride and Prejudice Austen’s most beloved novel when Mansfield Park is so much better! No, I know, Elizabeth Bennett is far more witty and lively than Fanny Price, who, uh, isn’t either of those things. Mr. Darcy is far more dreamy than Edmund Bertram, who is rather a bore. And the love story in P&P throws sparks all over the damn place, while the main love story in Mansfield Park is so not the point that it only gets a desultory narrator’s treatment in the last couple of pages of a 400 page novel. I imagine Austen going “Yeah, okay, you expect it, so here it is, it happens, whatever.” Mansfield Park though is a far more complex novel, wide ranging, touching on issues like nature vs nurture, ethical vs factual education, the identity and nature of home, even the slave trade and the moral quandary of indirectly benefitting from the morally indefensible, for good measure. Meanwhile, Fanny suffers nobly as a bit of a doormat, but then resists what she knows is bad, although materially highly rewarding, with an admirably stubborn and immovable will, while her cousins from the rich side of the family make poor decisions and completely fall apart. She’s the steady and under-appreciated bit of good surrounded by glitz and glam, an underdog worth rooting for. It took me about half of the book to finally get into the rhythm of Austen's voice. Once there, her voice was natural in my head. I'm so glad I pushed forward (or in the words of Austen - improved). I struggle to call Fanny Price a "hero". In my view, she is simply a faithful saint. She is fraught with fears and insecurities, but her bravery is in her choice to do right. I like that about her. I think Austen likes to show struggles and vices like so many marks on a pendulum. Idleness, busyness. Lady Bertram, almost completely idle. Mrs. Norris, always busy (and even a busybody). Fanny shows the middle. Weak, but sitting and observing and learning. Yet busy - attending to a host of needs. The Crawford siblings are conspirators - the far side of the pendulum of self and independence. Fanny and Edmund are "sibling" confidants in the middle. The other siblings in the book are estranged and backbiting. I think the author likes us to see the Christian as not perfect, not foolish, but faithful. The characters have sucked me into the Austen universe - and I think I will not only remember these, but will happily discover all of the others. Surprisingly entertaining; the introduction warns that this is one of Austen's serious books. We never learn much about Sir Thomas's Antigua estate, but it may have been worked by enslaved people. All we have is this conversation in which Edmund encourages Fanny to talk more in public: [Fanny] “But I do talk to him more than I used. I am sure I do. Did not you hear me ask him about the slave-trade last night?” [Edmund] “I did—and was in hopes the question would be followed up by others. It would have pleased your uncle to be inquired of farther.” [Fanny] “And I longed to do it—but there was such a dead silence! And while my cousins were sitting by without speaking a word, or seeming at all interested in the subject, I did not like—I thought it would appear as if I wanted to set myself off at their expense, by shewing a curiosity and pleasure in his information which he must wish his own daughters to feel.” [p. 135] And another thing: while Sir Thomas is concerned at the beginning of the story about first cousins marrying, he is quite happy to see this happen at the end. Unlike many another story, the heroine's quiet but true worth is appreciated by others. (I'm thinking in particular of The Moonstone, which I recently finished , and Miriam Halcombe. Set in Mansfield Park, shy Fanny grows up with her cousins and another family. There are developed romantic interests between the two families, and the downhill spiral of relationships starts. There is a lot of drama within the families, which starts off slow at the beginning and quickly at the end as the relationships fall apart. Meanwhile, Fanny's life is the only constant as she always likes Edmund. As well as relationships, the story demonstrates the different social and wealth statuses. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. Est contenu dansSense and Sensibility / Pride and Prejudice / Mansfield Park / Emma / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion par Jane Austen Fait l'objet d'une ré-écriture dansFait l'objet d'une suite (ne faisant pas partie de la série) dansFait l'objet d'une adaptation dansEst en version abrégée dansEst parodié dansFait l'objet d'une réponse dansA inspiréContient une étude deContient un commentaire de texte deContient un guide de lecture pour étudiantListes notables
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HTML: Fanny Price is born to a poor family, but is sent to her mother's rich relations to be brought up with her cousins. There she is treated as an inferior by all except her cousin Edmund, whose kindness towards her earns him her steadfast love. Fanny is quiet and obedient and does not come into her own until her elder cousins leave the estate following a scandalous play put on in their father's absence. Fanny's loyalty and love is tested by the beautiful Crawford siblings. But their essentially weak natures and morals show them for what they really are, and allow Fanny to gain the one thing she truly desires. .Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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