![]() ![]() In the novel, I felt that the Crawfords were more morally ambiguous than outright villainous. As they grow up Fanny starts to fall in with Edmund, but her heart is broken when the attractive Crawford siblings move into the neighborhood. Tennant–regrettably not Scottish in this–is her lazy, gambling cousin Tom while Cumberbatch plays her more staid cousin, Edmund, who is destined for the church.įanny isn’t treated fantastically by her relatives verbally cut down by Aunt Norris (made wonderfully shrill by Julia McKenzie), largely ignored by Lady and Sir Thomas Bertram, her only real friend is Edmund. Strangely, when the novel was abbreviated into the radio drama, it worked better for me than the book itself.įelicity Jones plays Fanny Price, a poor young girl who goes to live with her much wealthier relations at Mansfield Park. Or Pounded by the Gay Color Changing Dress. No question, I’d secretly love that. ![]() Those men have two of the sexist voices in media, and I’d listen to them read the phone book. For me, the story is overly moralistic and doesn’t necessarily translate well to a modern reader.īut when I saw that the BBC had done a radio drama of the novel featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and David Tennant in the cast, I knew I had to listen. ![]() Mansfield Park is my least favorite of Jane Austen’s novels. ![]()
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