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Mansfield Park was Jane Austen’s third novel, and is often stated to be her most mature. The complex love entanglements, mature situations, and familial drama are common in Austen’s literature, but Mansfield Park is one of the most complex of her novels. The book has been lauded for its challenging of the conservative values of the age, and for its masterful artistry which cleverly disguises the social commentary within.

In Mansfield Park wächst die aus schwierigen Verhältnissen stammende Fanny Price bei ihrer wohlhabenden Tante und deren vier Kindern auf. Dort wird sie mehr geduldet als geliebt. Nur ihr Cousin Edward begegnet ihr mit Zuneigung. Doch das beschauliche Landleben gerät aus den Fugen, als die Londoner Bonvivants Mary und Henry Crawford auftauchen und mit ihren Kabalen und durchtriebenen Verführungskünsten alles auf den Kopf stellen.

The unlikely heroine of this novel is the bashful and unadventurous Fanny Price, who occupies a Cinderella-like position in the residence of her wealthy cousins, the Bertrams, at Mansfield Park. Fanny is the butt of ridicule for the young Bertram sisters (Maria and Julia), and is relentlessly bullied by her manipulative and penny-pinching aunt, the widowed Mrs Norris.

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?

"Mansfield Park" by Jane Austen explores the life of Fanny Price, a young woman navigating the complexities of family, love, and morality. This podcast examines the social dynamics, moral lessons, and class distinctions in one of Austen's most thought-provoking novels.

"Mansfield Park", publié en 1814, est l'un des romans les plus profonds et complexes de Jane Austen. Il raconte l'histoire de Fanny Price, une jeune fille sensible et discrète qui, à l'âge de dix ans, est envoyée vivre avec ses riches parents, les Bertram, à Mansfield Park. Ce roman explore avec une grande subtilité les thèmes du devoir, de la moralité et des classes sociales, tout en mettant en lumière les relations humaines et les luttes internes des personnages.