Mansfield Park

Name: Mansfield Park
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Author: Jane Austen
ISBN: 9791022760805

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Mansfield Park est un roman de la femme de lettres anglaise Jane Austen paru en 1814.
L'auteur ayant choisi de lui donner comme titre le nom de la propriété, c'est Mansfield Park, le lieu de vie de la famille du baronnet Sir Thomas Bertram, qui en est, en quelque sorte, le personnage central. Fanny Price, la petite cousine pauvre accueillie par charité, devra d'abord apprendre à s'y sentir chez elle avant d'en devenir finalement la conscience morale.
Le contexte économique et politique est particulièrement présent et joue un rôle dans l'intrigue : Sir Thomas part de longs mois à Antigua, dans les Caraïbes pour redresser la situation dans ses plantations (où travaillent des esclaves), et sa longue absence laisse trop de libertés à ses enfants. Avec William Price, le frère aîné de Fanny, qui participe aux expéditions militaires aux Antilles et en Méditerranée, est évoquée la situation de guerre avec la France. Mais, traitant de liberté et de limites, de dépendance et d'indépendance, d'intégrité et d'inconvenance, Mansfield Park peut aussi être lu comme une étude sur le sens de la famille et les valeurs qu'elle représente, voire une critique de la famille patriarcale traditionnelle, à cette époque charnière où son rôle et son statut sont en train d'être redéfinis.
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Jane Austen

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are implicit critiques of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of social commentary, realism, wit, and irony have earned her acclaim amongst critics and scholars. Austen wrote major novels before the age of 22, but she was not published until she was 35. The anonymously published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815) were moderate successes, but they did not bring her public fame in her lifetime. She wrote two other novels—Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1817—and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but it was left unfinished on her death. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript, the short epistolary novel Lady Susan, and the unfinished novel The Watsons. Since her death Austen's novels have rarely been out of print. A significant transition in her reputation occurred in 1833, when they were republished in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series (illustrated by Ferdinand Pickering and sold as a set). They gradually gained wide acclaim and popular readership. In 1869 her nephew published A Memoir of Jane Austen. Her work has inspired a large number of critical essays and has been included in many literary anthologies. Her novels have been frequently adapted into film and television. Notable film adaptations include Pride and Prejudice (1940), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Emma (1996), Mansfield Park (1999), Bride and Prejudice (2004), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Love & Friendship (2016), and Emma (2020). Notable television adaptations include Persuasion (1995), Pride and Prejudice (1995), Northanger Abbey (2007), Persuasion (2007), Lost in Austen (2008), Sense and Sensibility (2008), Emma (2009), and Sanditon (2019–2023).