Advertise on podcast: Jane Austen - Mansfield Park (dramatic reading)

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Mansfield Park is Jane Austen's 1814 novel focusing on Fanny Price, the daughter of a poor Portsmouth family, who is taken to live with her aunt and uncle Bertram's family on their estate at the age of ten. Surrounded by her wealthy and privileged cousins, and continually reminded of her lower status by her bullying Aunt Norris, Fanny grows up timid and shy, but with a strong sense of ethics, partly instilled by her kindly cousin Edmund. Fanny's gratitude and friendship for Edmund gradually grow into love, but the introduction of Mary and Henry Crawford, a captivating sister and brother, into the neighborhood of Mansfield Park, confuses and complicates the affections of the Bertram household. In this recording, LibriVox volunteers lend their voices to the colorful cast of characters in Austen's classic novel. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast: Narrator/Mary Crawford: Elizabeth Klett Mrs. Norris: Beth Thomas Lady Bertram: hazelra Sir Thomas Bertram: Bruce Pirie Edmund Bertram: mb Fanny Price: Arielle Lipshaw Julia Bertram: Elizabeth Barr Maria Bertram: Tina Danh Mrs. Grant: Malane Henry Crawford: Peter Bishop Tom Bertram: Marty Kris Mr. Rushworth: Algy Pug Dr. Grant: Ernst Pattynama Coachman/Baddeley/Mr. Price/Sam: Marty Kris Mrs. Rushworth: Philippa John Yates: Max Korlinge William Price: Brett W. Downey Rebecca: Diana Majlinger Mrs. Price: Janet248 Susan Price: Susanna Audio edited by Elizabeth Klett