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What I personally like about Jane Austen stories are the sketches of quiet landed life in the early 19th century they provide, and this book draws (them out)particularly well. For me it is a welcome escape, but I wouldn't be surprised if it seemed a bit boring to someone else.
I'm puzzled about the moral of the story though. There seems to be this island of proper breeding in Mansfield Park, and everyone outside of it is just not up to par. The heroine serves every moral obligation but never herself, and life just happens to her, but she still gets what she wants. I'm not sure I agree with the author on this one.
What I personally like about Jane Austen stories are the sketches of quiet landed life in the early 19th century they provide, and this book draws (them out)particularly well. For me it is a welcome escape, but I wouldn't be surprised if it seemed a bit boring to someone else.
I'm puzzled about the moral of the story though. There seems to be this island of proper breeding in Mansfield Park, and everyone outside of it is just not up to par. The heroine serves every moral obligation but never herself, and life just happens to her, but she still gets what she wants. I'm not sure I agree with the author on this one.