Mansfield Park

Fanny Price, the eldest of nine children born to a naval officer with limited means, is sent at age ten to live with her wealthy relatives at Mansfield Park. Nervous and uncomfortable in their grand house, she struggles to feel at home over the years. Edmund Bertram, her kind cousin, becomes the center of her world. She has loved him since childhood. When the charismatic Crawford siblings—Henry and Mary—arrive from London, they create romantic complications within the Bertram family. Fanny fears her relationship with Edmund will change. Her anxiety deepens when Henry Crawford proposes marriage and her family pressures her to accept. Fanny must navigate these pressures while protecting her feelings for Edmund. The novel examines English society's class divisions through the story of its quiet yet compelling heroine and her search for love and belonging.