Mansfield Park

　　愛情要以理智為基礎，更要重視心靈之美
　　芬妮出身貧寒，卻始終懷抱一顆善良的心。
　　對於愛情，芬妮重視的不是金錢，而是人品和心靈，
　　在情愛糾葛中，她始終立場堅定，
　　終於以純潔、高尚贏得真愛的眷顧。
　　珍‧奧斯汀以細膩的筆觸，描寫平凡生活的各種情節與感受，
　　不僅真實表達了傳統美德的重要性，
　　更以發生曼斯菲爾莊園的愛情故事，
　　溫柔詮釋愛的本質，演繹出愛的真諦。

　　*本書中譯本<<曼斯菲爾莊園>>由雅書堂出版

　　Aged ten, Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthier relations, the Bertrams, at Mansfield Park. However, life there is not as she imagined. Treated with disdain by three of her cousins, she finds her only comfort in the kindness of the fourth, Edmund. As they grow, their friendship develops into romantic love - until the arrival of Henry Crawford and his charming sister Mary causes an emotional upheaval that no one in the family expects. With psychological insight and sparkling wit, Jane Austen paints an irresistibly lifelike portrait of shifting values and split loyalties.

　　This gorgeous edition of Mansfield Park is delightfully illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson and includes an afterword by historian and author Nigel Cliff.

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珍‧奧斯汀（Jane Austen）

　　出生於十九世紀初的牧師家庭，終身未婚，專心寫作，一共創作六部長篇小說，包括：

　　◎《Pride and Prejudice傲慢與偏見》
　　◎《Sense and Sensibility理性與感性》
　　◎《Emma愛瑪》
　　◎《Mansfield Park曼斯菲爾莊園》等世人耳熟能詳的作品。

　　並多次被改編為電視影集或電影，因為故事情節生動曲折，改編作品也讓導演、編劇、演員能大有發揮，每每獲得大獎。

　 　她擅長描寫人物，而對話自然、個性鮮明，閱讀時充滿生動感覺。她的作品也許可以當作「愛情輕喜劇」來看，描寫男女在愛情及步入婚姻之間這段過程中的鬥智 角力；但是她的作品卻不僅止於表面上的言語幽默，更生動地反映了當時的風俗人情及社會狀況，也因為內容充滿機智，在不同的年代中閱讀仍饒富趣味。她因此被 與莎士比亞相提並論，也被小說家毛姆評為「世界十大小說家」。

　　Jane Austen was born in 1775 in rural Hampshire, the daughter of an affluent village rector who encouraged her in her artistic pursuits. In novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma she developed her subtle analysis of contemporary life through depictions of the middle-classes in small towns. Her sharp wit and incisive portraits of ordinary people have given her novels enduring popularity. She died in 1817.