u003cbu003eThe Penguin English Library Edition of u003ciu003eMansfield Park u003c/iu003eby Jane Austenu003c/bu003e u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'We have all been more or less to blame ... every one of us, excepting Fanny'u003c/bu003eu003cpu003eTaken 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 and 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 and a reckless taste for flirtation. u003ciu003eMansfield Parku003c/iu003e is considered Jane Austen's first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eThe Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.u003c/pu003e