A review by pasc96
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

3.0

The back jacket copy of my edition states that Fanny Price, Mansfield Park's protagonist, was "Austen's own favorite among her heroines." I do not share this affection, nor did I find the cast of characters as endearing as those of Austen's earlier novels. Of course, Austen being Austen, she held my attention and curiosity in wanting to know Fanny's fate. But I found Mansfield Park ultimately unsatisfying overall, and Austen's multilayered plot points addressing issues of class, mobility, and propriety wrapped up with some questionable conclusions.