title: Mansfield Park: An Annotated Edition
author: Jane Austen
description: Deidre Lynchs edition of <i>Mansfield Park</i> weaves critical debate into an engaging argument about the subtlety and complexity of Fanny Prices character. The annotations are unfailingly lucid and succinct, calculated to stimulate both imagination and thought. (Patricia Meyer Spacks, University of Virginia)<br /><br />Austenites will want to own this edition of <i>Mansfield Park</i> because they have previously been frustrated or maddened by the novel, and because they want to understand how and why to like it, how to get more out of it, how to comprehend its place within Austens oeuvre. We are all lucky to find a scholar and critic of Deidre Lynchs caliber as an editor and guide. (Katie Trumpener, Yale University)<br /><br />This is a coffee-table book that folksAusten fans in particularwill actually read. (Laurie Hertzel <i>Star Tribune</i>)<br /><br />Belknaps recently released annotated <i>Mansfield Park</i>, edited by [Deidre Shauna] Lynch, is a 532-page, colour-illustrated tour de force. (Devoney Looser <i>Times Literary Supplement</i>)<br /><br />Lynch here makes Austens most divisive novel accessible, intriguing, and beautiful. She strikes a deft balance between information and analysis in her notes and with supporting documents that lend historical depth to the edition, while also linking the narrative to popular culture With this edition, readers will want to stay with these characters for as long as possible. (Emily Bowles <i>Library Journal (starred review)</i>)
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  # The Enigmatic Governess of Buford Manor
  
  
  ### A Historical Regency Romance Novel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Emma Linfield
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Edited by Maggie Berry
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [![Emma Linfield](../images/00003.jpeg)](http://emmalinfield.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [A Thank You Gift](part0002.html#1T140-bcf23702bd4a4dde9f40e0b65b2f640f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0004.html#3Q280-bcf23702bd4a4dde9f40e0b65b2f640f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0005.html#4OIQ0-bcf23702bd4a4dde9f40e0b65b2f640f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0006.html#5N3C0-bcf23702bd4a4dde9f40e0b65b2f640f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0007.html#6LJU0-bcf23702bd4a4dde9f40e0b65b2f640f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0008.html#7K4G0-bcf23702bd4a4dde9f40e0b65b2f640f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0009.html#8IL20-bcf23702bd4a4dde9f40e0b65b2f640f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0010.html#9H5K0-bcf23702bd4a4dde9f40e0b65b2f640f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0011.html#AFM60-bcf23702bd4a4dde9f40e0b65b2f640f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9