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Narrated by:
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Frances Barber
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By:
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Jane Austen
About this listen
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When the self-effacing 10-year-old Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relations at Mansfield Park she seems shy and withdrawn beside her witty and vivacious cousins. Growing up in the Bertram household, she is always treated as an inferior, only finding an ally in her cousin Edmund. But Fanny's steadfast and purposeful character eventually makes her an indispensable part of the household. During the absence of Fanny's uncle, the others become entangled in a maze of flirtation and intrigue upon the arrival of Mary Crawford and her brother Henry. It is only Fanny whose deep but secret love for Edmund remains true despite his fascination with her brilliant but frivolous cousin Mary.
The most serious of Austen's works due to its discussion of religion and religious duty, Mansfield Park also offers a subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, making it one of Austen's most profound works.
Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels which focused on the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Her plots often explore women's dependence on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security.
Narrator Biography
Frances Barber has received Olivier Award nominations for her work in the plays, Camille, and Uncle Vanya. Other theatre credits include; Madame Rubinstein, The School for Scandal, What The Butler Saw, Julius Caesar, Les Parents Terribles, That Face, Afterplay, Madame De Sade, and King Lear. Her numerous television credits include Father Brown, Medici: Masters of Florence, Mapp and Lucia, Psychobitches, The Spa, a new regular in the series Silk, several episodes of Doctor Who, Midsomer Murders and A Passionate Woman. Her film credits include The Escape; The Bookshop; Blue Iguana; Film Stars don't Die in Liverpool; El Elegido (The Chosen) and Mr. Holmes.
Frances Barbar has narrated an impressive list of titles, including The Chimney Sweeper's Boy by Barbara Vine, The Voyages of the Princess Matilda by Shane Spall and Mansfield Park by Jane Austen.
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Critic reviews
"Frances Barber offers a sterling performance, bringing life and sparkle to each character....Barber convincingly shifts from lord of the manor to sniveling servitude at the change of a sentence. And her narrative passages transparently tie the whole family together into one beautiful package." (AudioFile)
What listeners say about Mansfield Park
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- JF7588
- 17-08-13
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I liked Barber's reading - plummier, more earthy and warmer than most voices cast for reading Austen novels.
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- Belinda
- 03-04-16
Well...
This book was set for me when I was doing my English GCSES. I thought it was an absolutely rubbing book and not worth the time or commitment. I am not a fan of Jane Austen but pride and prejudice was far better. The reader was fine but the start is so slow an you get to the end still wondering when the book will actually heat up. I thought the protagonist Fanny was a bit pathetic and I also found it quite hard to follow the language used because it's just so old. Overall being kind I would give it 2.5 stars but the story gets a solid 1. The reader was definitely a 4 as well.
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- Heidi Kewin
- 12-11-22
Lovely story, narrator ruined it
I'm a big fan of Jane Austen's work, but this audiobook was really disappointing. The different voices from the narrator were really infuriating and unnatural, and her stutters when doing the voice of Mr Rushworth in Chapter Six are aggravating. She speaks very slowly too.
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- Natasha
- 05-01-24
A beautiful reading of this amazing book
I haven’t read this book for a long time, I had forgotten so many of the details that it was like reading a new Jane Austen novel. Which I would like to be able to do. France’s Barber’s voice is so rich and chocolaty that it makes this one of my top Audible listens.
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- Dan
- 25-03-19
Excellent performance
This performance is really excellent. I love the variety in the voices, and Barber's voice just seems to fit so naturally to the elegant style of the writing. I had previously tried to read a physical copy of this book, and given up, so I am pleased that this has let me access this very interesting, controversial novel.
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Finally gotten around to listen to and enjoyed it!
Had to adjust the speed of the audio but thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book after all this time! Thanks for making it available in an audiobook!
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- FranFace
- 10-04-24
A great performance of an interesting story
I came to Mansfield Park as a fan of Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility, and honestly I can see why Mansfield Park is less popular. The story has some slowness and patches unnecessary detail, and the protagonist is less dynamic than other Austin heroines.
However, the range of characters is great as ever, including several individuals that I loved to hate. The vocal performance was fab at getting across the subtext in speech, and on the whole it was a lovely listen with some genuinely surprising twists in the story. Can recommend.
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- Caitlin
- 07-06-20
Excellent Narration, Ignore the Bad Reviews
Honestly, ignore all the reviews complaining about Frances Barber's narration! I was unsure whether to go for this because of these, but enjoyed the sample clip so gave it a shot. I think her voice is absolutely perfect for Austen, and she does a wonderful job. It's a precise, perhaps slightly old-fashioned English accent, but Austen is a precise, slightly old-fashioned English writer, so they're a perfect pairing. Her voices for every character are distinct and give us a brilliantly clear image of them. I think perhaps people forget that Austen is often very funny, and most of the characters in this book are at least lightly satirical, so it makes sense for them to be a little exaggerated. Barber makes Austen's lengthy (by modern standards) sentences clear and easy to follow, and perfectly picks up on her dry humour. I greatly prefer her narration to that of Rosamund Pike in the new Audible Austen series, whose voice is a little too one-note and who misses that gentle mocking tone.
The novel itself isn't my favourite of Austen's, and its heroine is certainly less appealing to modern tastes, but I still found it incredibly enjoyable, and of course brilliantly written. And if you're like me and have to read them all at least once, this is the perfect way to do it!
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-09-20
Fantastic
I'm so pleased to listen to this book, the quality of the writing and depicting of characters and a society as it once was. So wonderful to hear.
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- meme
- 17-10-22
Made so much better by the narration.
I thought it was a professional performance. I particularly liked how Mrs Norris was read
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