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[ladylipt]

Fanny Price and Edmund Bertram in Mansfield Park (1999) #janeausten #janeaustenfan #janiete #austenite #austenland #love #novel #novels #books #book #bookstagram #bookish #movie #movies #regency #sweetromance #regencyromance #instagood #instadaily #photooftheday #picoftheday #portugal #england #perioddrama #mansfieldpark #mansfieldpark1999 #quote #fannyprice #edmundbertram

[ladylipt]

Love scene!! 💕💕 #janeausten #janeaustenfan #janiete #austenite #austenland #love #novel #novels #books #book #bookstagram #bookish #movie #movies #regency #sweetromance #regencyromance #instagood #instadaily #photooftheday #picoftheday #portugal #england #mansfieldpark #fannyprice #edmundbertram

[paradiselostix]

«‘We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.’» (Volume III, Chapter XI) ~ «‘Those who have not more, must be satisfied with what they have.’» (Vol. I, Ch. XII) ~ «‘Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.’» (Vol. I, Ch. VII) ~ «‘Every body likes to go their own way—to chuse their own time and manner of devotion...’» (Vol. I, Ch. IX) ~ #Finished: #MansfieldPark by #JaneAusten • Rating: 8/10 • Favourite characters: #FannyPrice, #EdmundBertram, Henry Crawford • Favourite chapters: Volume 3 Chapter 15; Volume 2 Ch. 13; Volume 3 Ch. 7; Volume 1 Ch. 8; Volume 1 Ch. 9 • My review in a nutshell: The most serious Austen novel, Mansfield Park is a criticism of English gentility and upper-middle classes, showing, with a scandal, how some elegant, seemingly well-mannered social circles can be shallow and hypocritical, and how the alienated and humbles people can prove themselves worthy. I can understand why this novel is underrated, and I also think this is the most realistic and the most mature of all Austen novels, demonstrating that some hero(in)es can be diffident and not everything in life may end up perfectly all right, but it still provides several fun moments and a happy ending. ~ «There is nothing like employment, active, indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow. Employment, even melancholy, may dispel melancholy, and her occupations were hopeful.» (Vol. III, Ch. XV) ~ «‘... but the evil of a few days may be blotted out in part. Varnish and gilding hide many stains.’» (Vol. III, Ch. XIV) ~ «‘... people are never respected when they step out of their proper sphere.’» (Vol. II, Ch. V) ~ «‘A large income is the best recipé for happiness I ever heard of...’» (Vol. II, Ch. IV) ~ «‘... human nature needs more lessons than a weekly sermon can convey...’» (Vol. II, Ch. VII) ~ #Austen #HenryCrawford #MaryCrawford #SirThomasBertram #MrsNorris #TomBertram #MariaBertram #JuliaBertram #WilliamPrice #MrRushworth #LadyBertram #englishnovel #novelofmanners #book #books #bookstagram #bibliophile #booklove #novel #reading #read #instabook #literature #bookworm #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlDPktgMGb/?igshid=1ip85cf34oadg

[kimberington-blog]

Lovely day! I am a egg rolling novice no more! Eggmund Bertram and Egga Woodhouse did surprising well! Not a scratch! Eggy Price was predictably not so fortunate! Spent the rest of the afternoon in a pub garden pretending it was warm and then saw @ginathorley and Ryan in #Closer. Which was amazing! I have amazingly talented friends! Very proud! #greatday #easter #eastersaturday #eggrolling #eggpainting #eastertradition #janeausten200 #janeausten #emmawoodhouse #edmundbertram #fannyprice #theatre #chesiltheatre #play #actor #proudfriend #page105of365 (at St. Catherine's Hill, Hampshire)

[justanotherjaneite-blog]

Edmund falling in “love” with Miss Crawford

“A young woman, pretty, lively, with a harp as elegant as herself; and both placed near a window, cut down to the ground, and opening on a little lawn, surrounded by shrubs in the rich foliage of summer, was enough to catch any man’s heart.”

- Volume I Chapter 7 of Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

It was in these lines of Mansfield Park that we get a first glimpse at Edmund Bertram “falling in love” with Mary Crawford.

Besides the fact that I am extremely biased because I want Edmund to be with the main character in this novel, Fanny Price, I don’t really think that I can qualify his attachment as love, and even if it is love, I believe it is doomed to fail.

I think what he feels for Mary Crawford is simply attraction and infatuation. She is a beautiful and lively girl who suddenly came into his life, who happens to know how to play an elegant instrument, such as the harp, well. Edmund’s strange love of nature, which he happens to share with Fanny, was no doubt triggered when he saw Mary playing, framed by the window. 

This infatuation has blinded Edmund to the fact that Mary is not a good match for him. She is very opinionated about certain things, such as distance and time,and the navy, while he doesn’t share the same sentiments. She also would never respect his future profession as a clergyman. 

I think these things are important if a relationship between them were to happen, but I guess I will have to continue reading Mansfield Park to see just when Edmund comes to his senses.