If there was one adaptation of Jane Austen’s works I’ve been most hesitant to read, it’s one of Mansfield Park. I’ve long felt that Fanny Price is the most misunderstood heroine of Austen’s and what she did with nature versus nurture I found to be fascinating. It was also incredibly revealing in a way the others that are more popular and more frequently adapted are, of both the time it was written and the following two centuries.
If I had to wager a guess I would say Mansfield Park is the least often adapted of all six novels. Price’s adaptation was interesting—and I was super excited for it as it was a queer adaptation. It’s been a while since I finished it, but I believe she acknowledged in the afterwards that it was her least read novel of Austen’s oeuvre. And I appreciated this, however it really showed in the adaptation. At first I felt that it missed the mark because the adaptation was so far from the original, but maybe she honed in on it so much on the nature/nurture piece so much that I missed it.
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In for a penny, in for a pound, right? After reading 
I had no intentions of reading this book (or the entire series) even though I’m already looking ahead to 
The final book I completed in 2024. There might’ve been one more between this and the last one, I honestly can’t remember anymore.
I don’t know how I didn’t know about this one sooner. I mean, I do. Life has been incredibly busy and non-stop post-pandemic, and 2022-2024 was a blur of classes and life, which explains how this 2023 release slipped under my radar, but OMG I’m so glad I found it. Terciero takes Jane Austen’s