This gift pack contains both the hardcover classic novel and a
matching ruled hardcover notebook in a one quarter slipcase.
Bringing one of the world's most beautiful editions of the classic
novel, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, and a lined writing journal with
a matching cover, in one beautifully presented gift package.
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen tells the story of Fanny Price, a frail,
quiet young woman who has none of the high spirits or wit of Elizabeth
Bennet or Marianne Dashwood. Reared from the age of ten among wealthy
relatives, Fanny is an unobtrusive presence in the household at
Mansfield Park, useful and agreeable to everyone and steadfast in her
secret affection for her cousin, Edmund Bertram.
Fanny's manner contrasts sharply with the livelier, sometimes careless
behavior of her cousins and their friends. Only Edmund spends time with
the gentle Fanny, although his own affections have been captivated by
the sophisticated Mary Crawford. With Fanny's uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram,
away on an extended stay in the West Indies, the cousins and their
friends decide to put on an amateur theatrical production of a
scandalous French play. Only Fanny refuses to participate, out of
natural modesty and a certainty that her absent uncle would not approve.
Sir Thomas returns unexpectedly and does not approve, much to his
children's chagrin, but Fanny quickly falls from his favor when she
refuses the proposal of Mary Crawford's brother, Henry, who had begun an
unwelcome flirtation with her after Fanny's cousin Maria married another
man.
Distressed by her uncle's disapproval, Fanny visits her parents and her
eight brothers and sisters, only to discover that her years at Mansfield
Park have left her unable to fit easily into her noisy, often vulgar
family. She is summoned back by Sir Thomas when Maria leaves her husband
for Henry Crawford and Maria's sister, Julia, elopes. Now fully
appreciated by her uncle, Fanny comes into her own, winning the love of
Edmund Bertram.
