Mansfield Park: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (987 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1910281808 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Young Edmund is smitten with Mary, and Henry Crawford woos Fanny. Soon Mansfield Park is given over to all kinds of gaiety, including a daring interlude spent dabbling in theatricals. But this is a comedy, after all, so there is also a requisite happy ending and plenty of Austen's patented gentle satire along the way. To flout these rules was to tear at the basic fabric of society, and the consequences could be terrible. In Austen's ordered world, the passions that ruled Gothic fiction would be horridly out of place; marriage
But her life there is not as she might wish. Seeking a position in society, young Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle. Felicity Jones, David Tennant and Benedict Cumberbatch star in BBC Radio 4's full-cast dramatisation of the novel by Jane Austen, one of the great English classics. Felicity Jones plays Fanny, whilst David Tennant is her cousin Tom and Benedict Cumberbatch his brother Edmund.
"It's One Heavy Book" according to KJC. So I just wanted to let others know that this collection is one giant book of all Austen novels combined. You can't tell from the picture, but I was actually expecting (and hoping for) individual books packed in one box like other book collections I have. So I was definitely a bit disappointed when I received this book. And while I am used to reading large books like David McCullough biographies, this compilation is by far the heaviest I have in my possession. I'm not sure I will be able to read this in bed or even hold it up in my arms for any long period of time. So beware. I wou. Exceeded my Expectations Tremendously I tend to buy cheaper books because I like to underline things and write in the margins, so it'd be a waste to buy nice clothbound editions or hardcovers, and usually such modestly priced collections are on the cheaply manufactured side, with thin paper and thin print, since you're getting so much to the dollar (seven GREAT books along with good intro and other writings about her works), but that isn't the case here. This isn't merely a cheap anthology for people like me who like to write in their books, like I had expected it to be. The paper is as thick as it is in regular books,. Mansfield Park This is a very moving story about a young girl's plight during the 18th century. Children were treated as non-entities, and very little care was given to their feelings. At that time in history, everything was about personal standing in society, and that was determined by a person's wealth. Fanny Price, at the age of 10, is taken from her immediate family because she has none of either, and is placed in a situation with wealthy relations where she is treated practically as a servant. According to these relatives, this is necessary to insure Fanny's standing in society for when she