May. 6th, 2019

ljwrites: Black-and-white portrait of Jane Austen (Jane Austen)

It's no secret that Fanny Price, the heroine of Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park, is far from the most beloved Austenian heroine. Fanny has been called a moralistic prude who gets everything by doing nothing. She is evidently deemed not to be liberated and feminist enough, seeing how she was replaced in two different movie adaptations by laughing, athletic, and outgoing heroines who bear little resemblance to her original character.

ExpandHow do I love Fanny? Let me count the ways )

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