Victoria's Favorite Mansfield Park Quotes

A few of Jane Austen's best quotes found in Mansfield Park:

“But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them.” (Chapter 1)

“She loved him [Edmund] better than anybody in the world except William; her heart was divided between the two.” (Chapter 2)

“Lady Bertram…being one of those persons who think nothing can be dangerous or difficult, or fatiguing to anybody but themselves.” (Chapter 3)

“Their [Maria and Julia’s] vanity was in such good order, that they seemed to be quite free from it...” (Chapter 4)

“The new mare proved a treasure...” (Chapter 4) (a quote for our Fanny, Skyeler)

“[Henry Crawford] was not handsome; no, when they first saw him, he was absolutely plain…The second meeting proved him not so very plain…one soon forgot he was plain; and after a third interview…he was no longer allowed to be called so by anybody.” (Chapter 5)

“She [Mary Crawford] had none of Fanny’s delicacy of taste, of mind, of feeling; she saw nature, inanimate nature, with little observation; her attention was all for men and women, her talents for the light and lively.” (Chapter 8)

[spoken by Miss Crawford to Fanny about some of the uncomfortably romantic speeches she will be required to make to Edmund during the play] “‘How am I ever to look him in the face and say such things? Could you do it? But then he is your cousin, which makes all the difference.” (Chapter 18)

“Mr. Rushworth…by looking as he really felt, most exceedingly pleased with Sir Thomas’s good opinion, and saying scarcely anything, he did his best towards preserving that good opinion a little longer.” (Chapter 19)

[spoken by Miss Crawford to Edmund] “‘A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.’” (Chapter 22)

[Henry Crawford announcing his plan to Mary that he will make Fanny fall in love with him] [Mary says] “‘Fanny Price! Nonsense! No, no. You ought to be satisfied with her two cousins.’ ‘But I cannot be satisfied without Fanny Price, without making a small hole in Fanny Price’s heart.’” (Chapter 24)

“His therefore must be worn; and having, with delightful feelings, joined the chain and the cross, those memorials of the two most beloved of her heart, those dearest tokens so formed for each other by everything real and imaginary – and put them round her neck, and seen and felt how full of William and Edmund they were…” (Chapter 27)

“‘As a bystander,’ said Fanny, ‘perhaps I saw more than you did…’” (Chapter 35)

“With so much true merit and true love, and no want of fortune or friends, the happiness of the married cousins must appear as secure as earthly happiness can be.” (Chapter 48)

-Victoria

Skyeler's Mansfield Park Blog Project

For my blog project, I decided to draw Fanny's cross. It was something that was important to her, and I wanted to try to draw it to be able to see it visually. :)

Skyeler

Victoria's Mansfield Park Project

Here's my Mansfield Park project. I decided to write a letter from 10-year-old Fanny Price to her 11-year-old brother, William. This is the letter that Edmund helped Fanny write and that initiated their relationship in Chapter 2.

I had difficulty writing it from the perspective of a 10-year-old who was young, yet was perhaps humble and wise beyond her years. Also, she probably would've been educated on how to write a proper letter and use proper English, so it might sound as though it was written by an older author. Oh well, it was still fun to do. I included Edmund's "love to his cousin William" that Jane Austen says he wrote, at the bottom of the letter. I hope you can read it from the picture!

Here is the back of the envelope, including Edmund's "half a guinea under the seal."


Here is the front of the letter. As you can see, Sir Thomas Bertram franked the letter so that it would be sent free of charge. Franking was supposed to be a reserved as a means for parliament members and other important people to send official business for free. However, it was often used to send personal letters as well, and was even abused so by our beloved Jane Austen! :)

I'll be posting my favorite Mansfield Park quotes soon!

-Victoria

P.S. Here is my scrapbook page (double-sided) for Fanny Price.

Our Mansfield Park Activity

I hope you have been enjoying the quotes and blog projects from Mansfield Park. It looks like there are still a couple yet to be posted. Conversations with Jane met at our house to finish discussing Mansfield Park and do our activity. After tea we had a little mid-term review. I wanted to get some feedback on how our study was going. The girls are pleased with what we are doing, though they said we needed more candy canes LOL! Tori said that she had hoped that we would be able to watch the movies and we agreed to find the time for a Jane Austen movie day. I had originally thought we would have time for movie watching during Conversations with Jane. I was wrong :) We took time to discuss the projects for our last three books and a possible field trip to Stan Hywet Hall. If we get the opportunity to visit Stan Hywet, the girls proposed wearing their Regency gowns and taking pictures while there. Our discussion for the day centered around our extra books: Jane Austen for Dummies, What Jane Austen Taught Me About Love and Romance, and Miniatures and Morals. After discussion, we began our activity...a scrapbook page about Fanny Price. The girls were to bring pictures or quotes of things that they felt represented Fanny and make a small scrapbook page about her. I don't have a picture of Tori's due to technical difficulties.


A close-up of one of our teacups

The girls having tea with chocolate chip cookie bars and Snickerdoodle muffins.

Getting to work on their scrapbook pages

Calleigh's page

Skyeler's page

Elizabeth's page

Angel
*who is suffering from a cold and hopes that this post made some sense

Calleigh's Favourite Mansfield Park Quotes

As you know this was not my favourite book, so I don't have many favourite quotes, but here they are!!!

“Those who have not more must be satisfied with what they have.” Mr. Rushworth, Chapter 12

“There, I will stake my last like a woman of spirit. No cold prudence for me. I am not born to sit still and do nothing. If I lose the game, it shall not be from not striving for it.” Mary Crawford, Chapter 25

”Varnish and gilding hide many stains.” Mary Crawford, Chapter 45

"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore everybody, not greatly in fault themselves, to tolerable comfort, and to have done with all the rest." The Narrator, Chapter 48

~ Calleigh

Mansfield's Memorable Moments

"I do not Pretend to set people right, but I do see that they are often wrong."

"But there are certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them."

"Though not saying much to the purpose, (they) could talk of nothing else."

"And if Edmund were not there to mix the wine and water for her, would rather go without it than not."

Now, this quote is by Fanny to Edmund, but I thought it sounded like something Catherine from Northanger Abby would say.

"I am disappointed... this is not my idea of a chapel. There is nothing awful here, nothing melancholy nothing grand. Here are no aisles, no arches, no inscriptions, no banners. No banners cousin, to be "blown by the night wind of Heaven". No signs that a Scottish monarch sleeps below."


"Or to bury the tumult of her (Maria) feelings under the restrains of society."

I really enjoyed this book as a whole, even though I may hate some characters, and love others and have a love/hate relationship with others; I still thought that Miss. Austen wrote a wonderful story. :)


Elizabeth

Elizabeth's Thoughts on Edmund Bertram

This is some word art I did for words that describe Edmund Bertram. Though I didn't really like him throughout the book, and spent most of it screaming at him! I still thought he was an interesting character.

Elizabeth

My Blog Project :)

Hi! Mansfield Park has been my least favourite novel so far. So, I decided to do my blog project on how much I disliked Fanny. :P  Yes, I'm evil...I know. *grins*  Anyway, with out further ado, my blog project.

                It has often been said that Fanny Price is the least liked of Jane Austen’s heroines, and I would have to agree.  It’s nothing against the poor girl, I’m glad she’s perfect, but I’m not.  To me, this made her really hard to relate to.  In almost every scene she’s in, we see Fanny being a selfless, wonderful person.  This fact did not make me want to become closer to her; it actually made me dislike her.  This is something that applies to life. No one likes flawless people, the ones who are all outward composure, and perfectness.  It’s sad, but true. 

                Another thing that made me dislike her, is she never stood up for herself.  While I do believe you should always be respectful, I don’t believe that you should just let people walk all over you.  We see countless times where Fanny’s selfless nature is repeatedly abused.  Time and time again, she is made the slave of the family…but she does nothing about it.

                So, all in all, I did not like Fanny.  I could not relate to her, and that made the entire story less interesting to me.  But, that’s just my humble opinion, and I know *coughSkye* will disagree with me, but that’s what I think.

~ Calleigh