Manslaughter Park

Manslaughter Park is the first in this series that I feel entirely improved upon the original. Fanny Price is meek at the beginning but still has more agency than her Austen counterpart. She grows over the course of the story and it's very satisfying to watch.

Fanny is bullied by her cousins and aunts, making the first third or so very hard to get through. Once the mystery and investigation really get underway, they're too proccupied with being terrible people in general to focus on being terrible to her.

I only read Mansfield Park once so I'm not sure how closely Manslaughter Park sticks to the narrative. Less than previous books in the series, I suspect.

Book contains a very good dog.