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Simon & Schuster, May 2010
Enriched Classic Mass Market Paperback, 560 pages
ISBN-10: 1439169438
ISBN-13: 9781439169438
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ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
In Mansfield Park, considered Austen’s darkest and most complex novel, the wealthy Bertram family’s social and private worlds are revealed through the eyes of Fanny Price, a poor relation residing with them.
THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: • A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information • A chronology of the author’s life and work • A timeline of significant events that provides the book’s historical context • An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader’s own interpretations • Detailed explanatory notes • Critical analysis and modern perspectives on the work • Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction • A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader’s experience Simon & Schuster Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world’s finest books to their full potential.
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Browse Inside Mansfield ParkThe Scotsman, May 29, 2010
...George Eliot and Meredith, to restrict oneself only to 19th-century novelists? They may all be less fashionable than Jane Austen, but all succeed in giving us such figures. Austen is a very good novelist indeed, and Emma is surely one of the ...
Telegraph, May 28, 2010
...Jay McInerney, novelist and ladies' man, describes his serial crushes on Jane Austen's heroines - and how they shaped his romantic life Gwyneth Paltrow as the spolied Emma in an adaptation of the Jane Austen novel We love Jane Austen ...
Suite101.com, May 26, 2010
...There is much contemporary fiction that plays with Jane Austen's works. There have been sequels. There have been leaps into other genres. Here are some of the most recent releases: (2008) This novel by Colleen McCullough tells the ...
Huffington Post, May 24, 2010
...Jane Austen and Tango My husband Kimball and I are crazy about Jane Austen . Together, we've probably seen every single movie of her books and have followed each and every ...
Suite101.com, April 30, 2010
...Janes Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World is Claire Harmans straightforward and satisfying contemplation of Jane Austens larger than life appeal nearly 200 years after her death. Ms. Harman does not delve into ...
San Francisco Chronicle, December 3, 2009
...You don't have to read Jane Austen (or anyone else) to be au courant; you certainly don't have to read "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," at least not if you're older than 30 ...
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