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Murder at Mansfield Park

A Novel

Author: Lynn Shepherd

Murder at Mansfield Park

Murder at Mansfield Park

$20.99

About This Book

Complete with romance, intrigue, and crimes of the heart, MURDER AT MANSFIELD PARK is an irreverent new twist on an old classic.

Page Count
384
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On Sale
07/20/2010

Book Details

"Nobody, I believe, has ever found it possible to like the heroine of Mansfield Park." --Lionel Trilling

In this ingenious new twist on Mansfield Park, the famously meek Fanny Price--whom Jane Austen's own mother called "insipid"--has been utterly transformed; she is now a rich heiress who is spoiled, condescending, and generally hated throughout the county. Mary Crawford, on the other hand, is now as good as Fanny is bad, and suffers great indignities at the hands of her vindictive neighbor. It's only after Fanny is murdered on the grounds of Mansfield Park that Mary comes into her own, teaming-up with a thief-taker from London to solve the crime.

Featuring genuine Austen characters--the same characters, and the same episodes, but each with a new twist--MURDER AT MANSFIELD PARK is a brilliantly entertaining novel that offers Jane Austen fans an engaging new heroine and story to read again and again.

Imprint Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

ISBN

9780312638344

Reading Guide

In The News

“[Fanny Price is] a monster of complacency and pride...under a cloak of cringing self-abasement.” —Kingsley Amis, author of What Became of Jane Austen? And Other Questions

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Murder at Mansfield Park

Murder at Mansfield Park

$20.99