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Synopsis: At 10, Fanny Price, a poor relation, goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an ironic imagination and fine moral compass, she becomes especially close to Edmund, Thomas's younger son. Fanny is soon possessed of beauty as well as a keen mind and comes to the attention of a neighbor, Henry Crawford. Thomas promotes this match, but to his displeasure, Fanny has a mind of her own, asking Henry to prove himself worthy. As Edmund courts Henry's sister and as light shines on the link between Thomas's fortunes and New World slavery, Fanny must assess Henry's character and assert her heart as well as her wit.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Patricia Rozema
Production: Miramax
  5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
PG-13
Year:
1999
112 min
Website
1,702 Views


That's all he ever wanted.

I'm sorry, Tom.

I'm so sorry.

"In good and perfect time, "

"Tom's health did return. "

"Henry Crawford chose

not to marry Maria. "

"Mrs Norris, who Sir Thomas

came to regard as an evil, "

"went to devote herself

to her...unfortunate niece. "

"It may be supposed that their tempers

became their mutual punishment. "

"It could have turned out differently,

I suppose. "

"But it didn't. "

"Mary Crawford went to live

in Westminster. "

"Eventually, she and Henry found

partners who shared their more... "

"...modern sensibilities. "

"And...as you may have guessed, "

"exactly when it was natural that

it should be so, not a moment sooner, "

"Edmund came to speak the whole

delightful...and astonishing truth. "

Fanny, I must confess something.

I've loved you all my life.

I know, Edmund.

No, Fanny...

As a man loves a woman.

As a hero loves a heroine.

As I've never loved anyone

in my entire life.

I was so anxious to do what is right...

...that I forgot to do what is right.

But if you choose me,

after all my blundering and blindness,

that will be a happiness

which no description could reach.

Oh, Edmund.

Looks as though

they're finally getting somewhere.

Hello!

Julia...

Mr...Yates?

Now, Joan of Arc lived

during the reign of Henry...Vl?

- Is that correct?

- Yes, Susy.

I knew that, yes, I did.

I knew that.

"Susan came to live

at Mansfield Park. "

"Tom grew stronger by the day. "

"Sir Thomas eventually

abandoned his pursuits in Antigua. "

"He chose to pursue some

exciting new opportunities in... "

"...tobacco. "

"It could have all turned out differently,

I suppose. "

"But it didn't. "

By the way,

I spoke to a John Ward at Edgerton's,

- He said he'd be willing to publish.

- My stories?

At our expense, of course,

but you'd keep 1 0% of the profits.

I was thinking of a title.

"Effusions of fancy by a very young girl

in a style entirely new."

- What do you think?

- That's...very interesting!

- Just interesting?

- It's terrible!

That's a terrible name!

But you're lovely.

Well, I guess that's all right, then!

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism and social commentary, have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars. With the publications of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript and another unfinished novel, The Watsons. Her six full-length novels have rarely been out of print, although they were published anonymously and brought her moderate success and little fame during her lifetime. A significant transition in her posthumous reputation occurred in 1833, when her novels were republished in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series, illustrated by Ferdinand Pickering, and sold as a set. They gradually gained wider acclaim and popular readership. In 1869, fifty-two years after her death, her nephew's publication of A Memoir of Jane Austen introduced a compelling version of her writing career and supposedly uneventful life to an eager audience. Austen has inspired a large number of critical essays and literary anthologies. Her novels have inspired many films, from 1940's Pride and Prejudice to more recent productions like Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Love & Friendship (2016). more…

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