A Quote from Mansfield Park popped up for me while reading the other day. It was the third published novel by the great author, Jane Austen, in 1814. Fanny Price is one of the protagonists who has some memorable things to say. The beginning of the plot is below:
“Mansfield Park tells the story of protagonist Fanny Price as she navigates her adolescence and young adulthood. As a child, Fanny is sent to live with her aunt, Lady Bertram, and her uncle, Sir Thomas, at their country estate, Mansfield Park. Mrs. Price, Fanny’s mother, and Lady Bertram’s sister is of a lower class and struggles financially due to her poorly chosen marriage to naval officer Mr. Price. Together they have too many children to care for, so Lady Bertram, Sir Thomas, and Fanny’s other aunt Mrs. Norris contrive to take in Fanny, who is her eldest daughter.”
Source: LitCharts.com
Quote that caught my attention –
“When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to, and people were carried more out of themselves by contemplating such a scene.”
Miss Fanny Price
Nature is such a healing place and looking upon it certainly calms me and helps with the stress of every day life.
While looking up the provenance of the quote, I discovered that there's a rose bush named after Mansfield Park! Never knew. I may have to track one down for our garden. Wouldn't that be special?
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