Mansfield Park (Borders Classics)

Softbound book condition: fine. High quality covers showing a portrait of Betty Tischbein by J.F.A. Tischbein fine with slight smudge in upper right corner; binding sound; simulated deckled edge pages fine, unmarked except for stamped gift notice on front endpaper. 380 pages; 8.5 X 5.5 X 1; 1 lb. 5 oz. shipping weight. Written in 1814, one year after Pride and Prejudice, Austen explores once again the problem of marriage and the fortunes of women. Poor relation Fanny Price is left with her more fortunate cousins while her uncle is gone on a lengthy business trip. Fanny's natural moral scruples are tested by her cousins' assumption of control of Mansfield Park in their father's absence.