MARY AND HENRY CRAWFORD IN "MANSFIELD PARK"

Every time I read an artikel of review about Jane Austen's 1814 novel, "MANSFIELD PARK", the authors of these artikels always commentaar on the unpopularity of the novel's leading character, Fanny Price. I could say the same about most artikels and reviews on the novel's televisie and movie adaptations. Time and again, both critics and others claim that most Austen fans have a low opinion of Fanny Price. At the same time, these same commentators like to point out the popularity of the novel's antagonists, Henry and Mary Crawford.

The first time I had...