Adultery us not a typical lane Austen theme, butwhen it disturbs the relatively peaceful householdat Mansfield Park. it has quite unexpected results.

The diffident and much put-upon heroine Fanny Price has to struggle to cope with the results,re-examining her own feelings while enduring thecheerful amorality, old-fashioned indifference andpriggish disapproval of those around her.

  Wordsworth Classics are inexpensive editions designed to appeal to thegeneral reader and students. We commissioned teachers and specialiststo write wide ranging, jargon-free introductions and to provide notesthat would assist the understanding of our readers rather than interpretthe stories for them. In the same spirit, because the pleasures of readingare inseparable from the surprises, secrets and revelations that allnarratives contain, we strongly advise you to enjoy this book beforenaming to the Introduction.