Publisher's Synopsis
Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile handmade reproduction) of the original edition of 1872 (new edition) with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. The layout is +20% larger as the original for a better readability. "Mansfield Park" is the third novel by Jane Austen, written at Chawton Cottage between February 1811 and 1813. It was published in May 1814. "Mansfield Park" is the most controversial of Austen's major novels. Regency critics praised the novel's wholesome morality, but many modern readers find Fanny's timidity and disapproval of the theatricals difficult to sympathise with and reject the idea (made explicit in the final chapter) that she is a better person for the relative privations of her childhood. The story contains much social satire, targeted particularly at the two aunts.
