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Andrea313
Mansfield Park | Jane Austen
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Edmund remains totally disapproving of the whole home am-dram concept, but when Tom suggests bringing in some rando to join the fun, he's absolutely aghast. The impropriety! Tom also tries to get Fanny to join in, but our girl's morals are iron-clad and she refuses. The same cannot be said for Edmund who decides that joining in himself would be the lesser of two evils and in a total weaksauce move, he tries to get Fanny to absolve him. Boy, bye.

Crinoline_Laphroaig Edmund acting like he's just doing it to save Mary Crawford's feelings which he just jealous. He's such a love struck fool 5h
Andrea313 @Crinoline_Laphroaig Exactly, and on top of it all, he gets to congratulate himself for "saving" her honor. Edmund is at his absolute worst here. ? 5h
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Andrea313
Mansfield Park | Jane Austen
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Oh my godddd, here we go! Suddenly the gang turns into the most cringe theatre kids ever. As a lifelong member of that circle, I can confirm that the level of drama we see here lives on in every high school theatre club, community theatre troupe, and, yes, some professional companies. We even still have stodgy killjoys like Edmund trying to kill the vibe, largely in the form of vile conservatives defunding the NEA (oops, did I say it out loud?).

willaful ROTFLMAO! 1d
Crinoline_Laphroaig How it's not acting, it's ACTING! 21h
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Teresereading
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At Mansfield Park in Northamptonshire
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eeclayton
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Mehso-so

It took me a long time to finish this one. While it was informative, I basically had the same issue with it as with the collection of Jane Austen's letters: there were so many names and ordinary events.
It's a well researched and comprehensive biography, and the author is clearly passionate about her subject matter. However, I personally would have been happier with fewer details about the wider social circle around Jane Austen.

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Andrea313
Mansfield Park | Jane Austen
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Mary Crawford showing her true colors in today's chapters: she likes Edmund a lot but his job isn't nearly grand or important enough for her and she tries to persuade him out of taking orders, even though he thinks the role of the clergyman is an important one. They're at an impasse and she flies off to play harp, and then in a maddening display of weakness and male blindness, he proceeds to...sing her praises?! Edmund, she may be pretty, but no.

Crinoline_Laphroaig I'm finally caught up! 1d
Andrea313 @Crinoline_Laphroaig Way to go! Getting behind on this one takes time to catch up on, as two chapters of Mansfield seem like a bigger commitment to me than our previous books. They seem more dense and I find myself re-reading frequently to try and capture some main themes or plot points; Jane really packed a ton in here! 1d
Crinoline_Laphroaig @Andrea313 and some that I listened to, didn't stick so I listened again. 1d
Andrea313 @Crinoline_Laphroaig That happens to me all the time! I do like audio books, but I don't process them as well as I do print. 1d
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Andrea313
Mansfield Park | Jane Austen
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Everyone continues to be terrible! The gang visits Sotherton and:

-Julia sits with Henry and Maria is a pouty asshole about it
-Mary Crawford shoves her foot directly in her mouth by being pointedly bitchy about the clergy
-Henry flirts with (engaged) Maria all day like the manwhore he is
-Fanny's left on her own again and doesn't even get to see the avenue she came for?!

On the bright side (?), I learned about the window-tax (link in comments).

eeclayton Mrs Norris, however, is the model of politeness, and is TALKED INTO accepting some cream cheese. 3d
Andrea313 @eeclayton Oh, of course! Could never accuse her of "spunging"! 3d
Crinoline_Laphroaig No matter how many times I read I still can't believe how awful Mrs Norris is! 1d
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shawnmooney
Emma | Austen Jane
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Andrea313
Mansfield Park | Jane Austen
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Edmund and Fanny hang out to judge Mary Crawford but ultimately he's like, "but she's super feminine so it's fine" and goes to listen to her play the harp every single day. Then she starts riding Fanny's horse every day, too, and our girl is stuck at home to cut roses and run needless errands. Edmund feels bad and invites her on the Sotherton visit where Fanny and Mary gleefully catch sight of Edmund at the same time, giving real Pam/Karen vibes.

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Andrea313
Mansfield Park | Jane Austen
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Rushworth is just another in a long line of tacky blowhards with no taste destroying much-loved places of natural beauty. "Ye fallen avenues, once more I mourn your fate unmerited." #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow

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Andrea313
Mansfield Park | Jane Austen
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Man, this book is full of selfish, thoughtless people: sisters Bertram and Norris set Fanny off on an emotional roller coaster about her living situation without giving two shits; nobody cares that she doesn't have a horse, ie access to fresh air and exercise; Sir Thomas heads off for a year to his slave plantation; and Henry Crawford comes out the gate as a feckless, self-centered ass who won't house his own sister. Shades of behavior to come...

bookishbitch I just read an interesting article about this book today. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/books/review/jane-austen-mansfield-park.html 5d
Andrea313 @bookishbitch I really enjoyed this article! Mansfield Park is an odd one out among Austen's work but I've always really loved it. ❤️ 5d
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bookishbitch @Andrea313 I love learning more about the context of her writing. I think it gives it more weight in a manner of speaking. 5d
Andrea313 @bookishbitch Yes, agree! I always appreciate articles like this one, and books about her writing. There's so much to uncover! 5d
LitStephanie 😆 5d
Crinoline_Laphroaig You give the best recaps. 😆 5d
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