One thing is certain, this novel is not like Jane Austen's others. She is certainly not like the lively and witty Elizabeth Bennet of Pride and Prejudice.īut Mansfield Park also has many supporters, whose admiration and loyalty can be attributed to the depth and complexity of the themes in the book and to the main character-a young woman who is unlike most heroines found in literature. Austen's own mother called her "insipid", and many have used the word "priggish". She is shy, timid, lacking in self-confidence, physically weak, and seemingly-to some, annoyingly-always right. The major problem for most of the novel's detractors is the lead character, Fanny Price. Is it about ordination? Is it an allegory on Regency England? Is it about slavery? Is it about the education of children? Is it about the difference between appearances and reality? Is it about the results of breaking with society's morés? Any, or all of those themes can, and have been applied to Mansfield Park. The theme of Mansfield Park, on the other hand, can not be so easily described. Its themes are very different from those of her other books, which can generally be simplified into one sentence, or even one phrase: Sense and Sensibility is about balancing emotions and thought, Pride and Prejudice is about judging others too quickly, Emma is about growing into adulthood, and Persuasion is about second chances. Mansfield Park has the dubious distinction of being disliked by more of Jane Austen's fans than any of her other novels, even to the point of spawning "Fanny Wars" in internet discussion forums.
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