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Mansfield Park
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
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Editor reviews
Fanny Price, one of a dozen children born into a family that can ill afford so many, is sent at the age of 10 to live with her wealthy relatives. In typical Jane Austen form, immutable laws of propriety frame acts both vicious and virtuous, enabling Fanny to find her place in the world. Wanda McCaddon is the ideal choice to present this classic. Her impeccable elocution fits Austen's persnickety style. McCaddon gives a soft, sweet cadence to Fanny's thoughts and words while conveying all the author's derision toward the story's shallow characters. Both story and performance deliver a nineteenth-century "tell-all" just as impossible to resist as the tabloids in the checkout line.
Summary
Shy, fragile Fanny Price is the consummate "poor relation". Sent to live with her wealthy uncle Thomas, she clashes with his spoiled, selfish daughters and falls in love with his son. Their lives are further complicated by the arrival of a pair of witty, sophisticated Londoners, whose flair for flirtation collides with the quiet, conservative country ways of Mansfield Park.
Written several years after the early manuscripts that eventually became Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park retains Jane Austen's familiar compassion and humor but offers a far more complex exploration of moral choices and their emotional consequences.
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- EmmaD
- 11-07-23
Lovely unabridged version
Really enjoyed this less dramatic reading of one of my favourite novels. Great voice and excellent character portrayal without being over dramatic.
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- gavin
- 03-10-13
Just love Jane Austen
Would you consider the audio edition of Mansfield Park to be better than the print version?
I find Jane Austen difficult to read so it brilliant to listen to
Who was your favorite character and why?
Fanny Price a sweet girl with a strong sense of values
Which character – as performed by Wanda McCaddon – was your favourite?
Is does most of them very well but she does a very good Lady Bertrem
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
The 1983 version of Mansfield park is done really well through to story what I like, Fanny Price is a much to strong persona in the later film
Any additional comments?
Just a good and easy listen
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Kirsten
- 10-07-12
Well read
This is an enjoyable reading of Mansfield Park. Wanda McCaddon is not tempted (as in other adaptations of this novel) to make Fanny into Elizabeth Bennett.
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