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Jane Austen

Mansfield Park

EDITED BY SANDIE BYRNE

Consultant Editor: Nicolas Tredell

Introduction, selection and editorial matter

Sandie Byrne 2005

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ISBN 1403940053 hardback

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Jane Austen: Mansfield Park / edited by Sandie Byrne.

p. cm. (Readers guides to essential criticism)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1403940053 ISBN 140391138X (pbk.)

1. Austen, Jane, 17751817. Mansfield Park. I. Byrne, Sandie. II. Series.

PR4034.M33J36 2004

823.7dc22

2004052100

Printed and bound in China

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