In Jane Austen’s novel, Mansfield Park, the characterization of the four illustrated families, the Prices, the Crawfords, the Bertrams, and the Rushworths, is used to depict the wide differences which evolved between social classes in nineteenth century England. Jane Austen introduces the main character, Fanny Price, as a reserved and modest young girl, who is settled upon observing the world. This attitude reflects the other members of the Price family, who do not worry …showed first 75 words of 3229 total…

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