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Mansfield Park is a study of three families-the Bertrams, the Crawfords, and the Prices-with the isolated figure of the heroine, Fanny Price, at its center. Fanny's quiet passivity, her steadfast loyalty and love for the son of the family who regard her as the poor relation, and who have taken her under their roof, are not appreciated until they are tried against the brilliant and witty Mary and Henry Crawford, the unfortunate consequences of whose...
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Rachel Innes leaves the security of her town house for the summer to lease Sunnyside, a barn-like country home with--it turns out--hidden rooms and other sinister features. The middle-aged spinister and her niece and nephew have barely moved in before the first of a series of spine-chilling events occur. A body is found at the foot of Sunnyside's circular staircase.