![]() This included her mentor’s, her roommate’s and her very own Edmund’s. Her vulnerability and yearning to take part in her new world of Janites, actors and literary scholars had her playing - and failing at - a number of secondary roles in the personal agendas of half the cast at Newton Priors. Though Lily sold most her possessions to start fresh at Newton Priors, the old manor hosting Literature Live, she brought along more than her fair share of emotional baggage. Still, I thoroughly enjoyed Lily’s story, and I would imagine devout fans of Fanny Price would fully appreciate the parallels Ms Jones skilfully draws between Ms Austen’s characters and predicaments and her own. While I love Jane Austen, I have to be honest and admit Mansfield Park is not my favorite Austen novel. She must break the vicious cycle and learn from her mistakes to step into her real-life leading role if she is to ever find happiness and love outside the pages of a novel. ![]() ![]() But instead of harmonizing with her ‘inner Jane’ she falls prey to her old self-destructive ways. Lily Berry flees the harsh reality of her mother’s death, her father’s betrayal, and her callous ex to channel Fanny Price at a summer festival re-enacting Mansfield Park in the English countryside. My pick is My Jane Austen Summer, A Season in Mansfield Park by Cindy Jones. ![]()
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