Mansfield Park (Barnes & Noble Signature Edition)

Handsomely produced in hardcover at a very affordable price, Barnes & Noble Signature Editions have been carefully edited and reset in a modern design for greater readability. Each volume includes an introduction, informative notes and a chronology of the writer's life and times to enable the reader to gain a deeper understanding of these enduring works.

"Reveals Austen... as a moral satirist of enormous stature. The real and unexpected voice of an age that's gone." - "The Telegraph"

"Fans of Austen and period costume drama in general will lap it up." - "The Public Reviews"

"We are kept intrigued throughout and the highest praise is to say that, while we all know that there is a book in the background, we remain unaware of it." - "The Stage"

Tim Luscombe is a playwright and theatre director. His plays include "EuroVision" (Vaudeville Theatre), "The One You Love" (Royal Court, Barracke, Berlin), "The Death of Gogol" and "The 1969 Eurovision Song Contest" (Drill Hall), adaptations of both Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" (York Theatre Royal and subsequent revivals) & "Persuasion" (Salisbury Playhouse), "The Schuman Plan" (Hampstead Theatre) and "Hungry Ghosts" (Orange Tree Theatre). He is currently under commission for two new plays. Jane Austen (1775 -1817) is one of the UK's best known female writers. A novelist of works of romantic fiction, she has earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. She is perhaps best known for Sense and Sensibility which has had numerous stage, & screen adaptations. Her realism and biting social commentary has gained her historical importance among scholars and critics.

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