Author Description

One of Jane Austen's most complex and mature works, Mansfield Park shows the writer at the top of her form, tackling the manners and customs of early 19th-century society with wit and irony that still resonate with readers two centuries after the book's initial publication. Flow Gibson's compelling narration gives perfect voice to the trials and tribulations of Fanny Price, sent at a young age to live with her rich relations. "Mansfield Park, a chronicle of the trials of Fanny Price, is very recommendable. Sweet, innocent, sensitive, and thoroughly proper Fanny is taken from her family and raised by wealthy, but selfish, relatives. All her qualities are tested when she becomes the object of unwanted attentions of an insincere rake. Narrator Flo Gibson reads clearly and meaningfully, distinguishing voices, and does justice to the humor and style of Austen's prose." --Library Journal