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Краткое содержание: Mansfield Park
- Чтение: 7 мин.
- 11 parts
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A shy ten-year-old girl from Portsmouth is taken into a grand house where she must earn every kindness.
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Mansfield Park — кратко о книге
Краткое содержание: 7 min на чтение
- Время чтения
- Около 10 h 30 min8 h 20 min fast, 12 h 30 min slow
- Длительность
- Слов: 150 10048 chapters
- Страницы
- Страниц: 441666 in large print
- Уровень в библиотеке
- Сложное чтение long sentences, a rich vocabulary
- Первая публикация
- 1814by Jane Austen
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Mansfield Park in short
Mansfield Park follows a poor girl raised among rich relations who treat her as a useful guest. Fanny Price grows up shy and watchful, guided by her cousin Edmund and ignored by nearly everyone else. When the lively Crawfords arrive, the house is drawn into flirtation, a forbidden play and choices that test each person's character.
What Mansfield Park is about
What happens to a child who is given a home but not a place in it? Mansfield Park begins with that question. At ten years old, Fanny Price leaves her crowded family in Portsmouth for a great house in Northamptonshire, where her wealthy relations have agreed to raise her. Her aunt Norris makes the plan sound generous, yet she has no intention of paying for it.
Jane Austen published the novel in 1814. It tells of a quiet girl whose chief power is that she keeps her principles when everyone around her bends. A play, a ball, a walk through a wood and a letter all carry real weight.
Для кого. You will love this if you enjoy sharp social comedy, quiet heroines with firm convictions, and love stories where character matters more than charm.
The story in 11 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A poor girl is sent to Mansfield Park
Three sisters marry very differently. One captures Sir Thomas Bertram of Mansfield Park and becomes Lady Bertram. One marries a clergyman, Mr. Norris. The third, Frances, marries a lieutenant of marines with no fortune, and the families stop speaking.
Eleven years pass. Mrs. Price is poor and burdened with children, and she writes a letter begging for help. Mrs. Norris, who loves giving orders and hates spending money, proposes that the family take in the eldest daughter. Her own house proves quite impossible, so Mansfield Park receives the child instead.
Fanny arrives at ten, small, frightened and homesick. Her cousins are astonished that she has no French. Her aunt Norris keeps telling her how grateful she should be, and the girls learn that Fanny is far below them.
Generosity that costs the giver nothing is not generosity at all.
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One cousin's kindness shapes Fanny's heart
In her first week, Fanny sits crying on the attic stairs.
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Charming newcomers arrive and trouble follows
Sir Thomas sails to Antigua to set his money affairs in order and takes Tom with him.
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A day at Sotherton shows who is who
The young people drive to Sotherton, Mr. Rushworth's estate, to discuss improvements to the grounds.
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A play takes over the house
Tom's friend Mr. Yates is full of talk about a play he nearly acted at another great house.
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Sir Thomas returns and the house goes quiet
One evening, in the middle of a rehearsal, Julia bursts in and announces that Sir Thomas has come home.
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A ball and a proposal test Fanny's steadiness
With her cousins gone, Fanny's standing in the house rises.
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Portsmouth shows Fanny what home really means
Sir Thomas decides to send Fanny home to Portsmouth for a time.
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Money and rank rule every choice
Nearly every decision in the book is shaped by money.
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Conscience matters more than charm
The book places two kinds of attraction side by side.
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How Austen tells the story
Austen tells the story with a dry and witty narrator who sees through everyone.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Fanny Price A timid girl from a poor family, raised at Mansfield Park, who wants to be useful and keeps her principles under pressure.
- Edmund Bertram The younger son, preparing to become a clergyman, who befriends Fanny and hopes to marry the woman he admires.
- Sir Thomas Bertram The stern master of Mansfield Park, who wants his family respectable and his children well settled.
- Mrs. Norris Fanny's bossy aunt, who loves giving orders and saving money while taking credit for other people's generosity.
- Mary Crawford A lively, witty young woman from London who wants a wealthy match and is drawn to Edmund against her own plans.
- Henry Crawford Mary's charming brother, a gifted flirt who enjoys winning hearts and becomes fixed on Fanny.
- Maria Bertram The elder Bertram daughter, beautiful and ambitious, who wants a rich husband and a house in town.
- William Price Fanny's beloved brother, a young sailor whose promotion matters deeply to her.
How it ends (spoiler)
Maria runs away from her husband with Henry Crawford, and Julia elopes with Mr. Yates. The scandal ends Henry's hopes of winning Fanny and breaks Edmund's attachment to Mary, who treats the disgrace lightly. Mrs. Norris leaves with Maria, and Sir Thomas finally sees how badly he raised his daughters. Edmund turns to Fanny and marries her. Susan joins them at Mansfield.
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Вопросы о книге Mansfield Park
What is Mansfield Park about?
It follows Fanny Price, a poor girl raised by wealthy relations at Mansfield Park. As she grows up, she watches her cousins and two charming visitors, the Crawfords, make choices about love, money and duty that test everyone's principles.
Who is Fanny Price?
Fanny is the heroine, taken in at ten from a crowded family in Portsmouth. She is shy and quiet, and she holds firm to her values when others do not, especially in matters of marriage and conscience.
What is the play in Mansfield Park?
The young people stage Lovers' Vows, a play by Kotzebue in an English version, while Sir Thomas is abroad. Fanny and Edmund doubt it is proper, and the rehearsals stir up rivalries and feelings among the cast.
When was Mansfield Park written and is it a true story?
Jane Austen's novel appeared in 1814. It is fiction, but it draws on real features of its time, such as the position of poor relations, the importance of inheritance and the family estates tied to the West Indies.
Is Mansfield Park easy to follow?
The story moves through clear scenes in a few households, with a close focus on Fanny. Dialogue is lively and the narrator's humor guides the reader, so the relationships and the stakes are easy to follow.
Как сослаться на это издание
Austen, Jane. Mansfield Park. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/mansfield-park.
Austen, J. (2026). Mansfield Park. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/mansfield-park (Original work published 1814)
Austen, Jane. Mansfield Park. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/mansfield-park.
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