WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY AMANDA VICKERYThe Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer & illustrator Leanne Shapton & introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers & Austen fans Alexander Mc Call Smith Lynne Truss Amanda Vickery Francesca Segal PD James & Andrew Motion ' The most perfect artist among women the writer whose books are immortal' Virginia Woolf Fanny Price's rich relatives offer her a place in their home so that she can be properly brought up However Fanny's childhood is a lonely one as she is never allowed to forget her position Her only ally is her cousin Edmund When her cousins befriend two glamorous new young people who have arrived in the area Henry & Mary Crawford Edmund starts to grow close to Mary & Fanny finds herself dealing with feelings she has never experienced before ...

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith these delectable & collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park acutely aware of her humble rank & with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally During her uncle's absence in Antigua the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life & a reckless taste for flirtation Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen's first mature work & with its quiet heroine & subtle examination of social position & moral integrity one of her most profound ...

Introduction & Notes by Dr Ian Littlewood University of Sussex Adultery is not a typical Jane Austen theme but when it disturbs the relatively peaceful household at Mansfield Park it has quite unexpected results The diffident & much put-upon heroine Fanny Price has to struggle to cope with the results re-examining her own feelings while enduring the cheerful amorality old-fashioned indifference & priggish disapproval of those around her ...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Mansfield Park by Jane Austen' We have all been more or less to blame every one of us excepting Fanny' Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park acutely aware of her humble rank & with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally During her uncle's absence in Antigua the Crawford's arrive in the neighbourhood bringing with them the glamour of London life & a reckless taste for flirtation Mansfield Park is considered Jane Austen's first mature work & with its quiet heroine & subtle examination of social position & moral integrity one of her most profound The Penguin English Library
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play At 10 Fanny Price goes to live at Mansfield Park the estate of her aunt&s husband Sir Thomas Clever studious & a writer with an ironic imagination & fine moral compass she becomes especially close to her cousin Edmund Thomas&s younger son Fanny is soon possessed of beauty as well as a keen mind & comes to the attention of a neighbor Henry Crawford Thomas promotes this match but to his displeasure Fanny has a mind of her own asking Henry to prove himself worthy As Edmund courts Henry&s sister & as light shines on the link between Thomas&s fortunes & New World slavery Fanny must assess Henry&s character & assert her heart as well as her wit ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Mansfield Park is the magnificent country residence of Sir Thomas Bertram & his family It is here that their poor relation Fanny Price is brought up Never allowed to forget her good fortune Fanny is ignored by her cousins with the exception of Edmund who alone treats her with care & affection But will she ever be able to win a valued place in the household & the heart of the man of her dreams? ...

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Yog-Sothoth knows the gate Yog-Sothoth is the gate Yog-Sothoth is the key & guardian of the gate Past present future all are one in Yog-Sothoth He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old & where They shall break through again" –HP Lovecraft The Dunwich Horror The frightening creatures of Mansions of Madness Second Edition have haunted your dreams for weeks now Mysterious disappearances brought you to the Vanderbilt mansion & your stay in Innsmouth was disturbed by darkness & despair You&ve encountered devoted cultists & disgruntled spirits bound to the mortal world by their evil tasks Terror has overcome you & grievous injuries have put your mortality on display Every choice you&ve made has led you somewhere but even the strongest of mind & body will crack eventually Even more horror awaits you in Beyond the Threshold the first expansion to Mansions of Madness Second Edition Introducing two new investigators one unfamiliar creature & a variety of additional components this expansion will extend the possibilities of your journey through each & every unsettling scenario of uncertainty & anxiety The new spaces to discover people to encounter & cards to experience all come together in additional scenarios throwing you into the dim unknown of two new mysteries each with their own unique additions to the world of Mansions of Madness ...