Mansfield Park

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Beth Kesler

Adopted into the household of her uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, Fanny Price grows up a meek outsider among her cousins in the unaccustomed elegance of Mansfield Park. Soon after Sir Thomas absents himself on estate business in Antigua (the family's investment in slavery and sugar is considered in the Introduction in a new, post-colonial light), Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrive at Mansfield, bringing with them London glamour, and the seductive taste for flirtation and theatre that precipitates a crisis.

While Mansfield Park appears in some ways to continue where Pride and Prejudice left off, it is, as Kathryn Sutherland shows in her illuminating Introduction, a much darker work, which challenges 'the very values (of tradition, stability, retirement and faithfulness) it appears to endorse'. This new edition provides an accurate text based, for the first time since its original publication, on the first edition of 1814.

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Family relationships

This is a book on family relationships. we all know what a mess our families can be. This is a great book into those relationships. A great read.

enjoyable

Narrator was decent, fairly enjoyable story. Had difficulty with the book in the beginning since I found it boring and some of the character's voices annoying.

Narration was not up to audible's usual standards.

narrator changed the way she pronounced Bertram, voices were not distinguishable, general prononciation was not crisp. glad I only paid $1 for it.

Miss Austen

I always enjoy Miss Austen's work. She's one of my favorite authors. I have all of her books on Audible.

Sounds like AI

Can’t find anywhere saying this is an AI narrator, but it sounds like it is. What a shame.