Mansfield Park

by Gill Tavner (Adapter), Ann Kronheimer (Illustrator), Jane Austen

At the tender age of 10, Fanny Price moves from her poor family home to live with her wealthy cousins at Mansfield Park. Settling into this proud family is only the first of many challenges she will have to face. Can Fanny, uneducated and inexperienced, win any respect or love, or will the spiteful Mrs. Norris turn everybody against her? When plays, balls and marriage proposals challenge Fanny’s judgement, will she be strong enough to do what is right? When jealousy, duty and flattery challenge Fanny’s heart, will it be strong enough to guide her towards true love? Just how strong is Fanny Price?

Genres: Fiction, Classics

Kindle Edition

First published July 2, 1814

Reviews

[CatarinaG · Rating 3 out of 5]

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The classics retold and beautifully illustrated. Real Reads are a new and exciting way of presenting our literary heritage to a new audience: bright young primary readers, children who have seen the films and now want the books, teenagers who want to read the classics but aren't yet ready for the original, grown-up readers who want a quick fix of their favourite classical author, less confident readers who don't want to be left out of real books, learners of English who want to explore the classics everyone talks about. For more information, please visit RealReads.co.uk. 'I must warn you that you might guess twenty things without guessing correctly.' Following her governess's marriage, wealthy, spoilt Emma Woodhouse seeks new company and new amusement. Ignoring the warnings of her friend Mr Knightley, she begins a series of terrible blunders. Through letters to her sister, the author presents the reader with puzzles to confuse even the best detective. Who sent the mystery piano? Why is Mr Elton so charming and Miss Fairfax so reserved? How many men can Harriet love? Who is hiding a shocking secret? With little understanding of her own feelings, can Emma lead anyone towards happiness? Can you solve any of the mysteries before Emma does?

[Tim B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Since Marvel did not have a graphic novel of this one, I read the Real Reads version. It was quick and easy. I got the gist of the story, although I feel like much of Jane’s dialogue was missing. I enjoyed all the notes at then end that explain the subtleties and changes. I would recommend this for someone trying to quickly familiarize himself with the story.

[Hm · Rating 3 out of 5]

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