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Posted in: 2021 posts | Jane Austen | My Fangirl Side | Reading

Finished reading "Mansfield Park"~ 

I like it. Maybe better than "Sense and Sensibility". Still have to reread three of Jane Austen's novels to confirm my feelings though. I'm glad that I read it when I'm ready. If I've read it in the past during my Austen phase I might not like it as much as now. I like Fanny Prince. She's shy, young and inexperienced but she has a good head on her shoulders. I'm neutral to Edmund.

Also, I'm quite surprised with how scandalous "Mansfield Park" is. I don't think the Crawford siblings are that bad but they really aren't nice people. I keep seeing them as being modern in both acting in a non-traditional way and like modern people (like us now). It's like they are being modern people ahead of their time because people like them are pretty common nowadays. But what do I know about the past? Maybe there are people like that in the past, only not mentioned much in history books (which I confess I don't read much about). Would be interesting to read an annotated version of "Mansfield Park". 

I also like Fanny's uncle, Sir Thomas. He made me realise that I don't have many favourite aunties and uncles from Jane Austen books. I love the Gardiners (P&P) of course. Aunt Norris is annoying. I just want her to shut up whenever she's saying Fanny doesn't need nice and proper stuff. 

Probably will read "Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict" that I blogged about in June next. And since it's Sci-Fi and Fantasy week on Goodreads (I just saw last night lol), I will also read a Sci-Fi book. A book purchased in BBW sale event in 2019. Maybe "Flowers for Algernon".  

Time: 2021-07-13T15:29:00+08:00
Posted by RuYanda
Labels: 2021 posts , Jane Austen , My Fangirl Side , Reading


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