Full name: Murder at Mansfield Park: A Novel

Author: Lynn Shepherd Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780312638344 0312638345

"Nobody, I believe, has ever found it possible to like the heroine of Mansfield Park." --Lionel TrillingIn this ingenious new twist on Mansfield Park, the famously meek Fanny Price--whom Jane Austen's own mother called "insipid"--has been utterly transformed; she is now a rich heiress who is spoiled, condescending, and generally hated throughout the county. Mary Crawford, on the other hand, is now as good as Fanny is bad, and suffers great indignities at the hands of her vindictive neighbor. It's only after Fanny is murdered on the grounds of Mansfield Park that Mary comes into her own, teaming-up with a thief-taker from London to solve the crime.Featuring genuine Austen characters--the same characters, and the same episodes, but each with a new twist--MURDER AT MANSFIELD PARK is a brilliantly entertaining novel that offers Jane Austen fans an engaging new heroine and story to read again and again. Similar books: Jane and the Canterbury Tale by Stephanie Barron Jane and the Genius of the Place by Stephanie Barron The Poyson Garden by Karen Harper A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron by Stephanie Barron Jane and the Wandering Eye by Stephanie Barron Suspense and Sensibility or, First Impressions Revisited by Carrie Bebris Jane and the Ghosts of Netley by Stephanie Barron Home by Nightfall by Charles Finch The Kingsbridge Plot by Maan Meyers Jane and the Man of the Cloth by Stephanie Barron Treason at Lisson Grove by Anne Perry Jane and His Lordship's Legacy by Stephanie Barron The Hanover Square Affair by Ashley Gardner The Thorne Maze by Karen Harper