I would recommend using Spark Notes to help you get through this book.

Difficult to read---some sentences go on for 9 lines. Doen't measure up to Austen's oth books.

Mansfield Park is one of Jane Austen's best books, with beautiful prose and interesting characters. It's not as entertaining as P & P, Emma, S & S. The first half is somewhat tough reading, but it's worth it. Jane was at the peak of her craft when she wrote it- deeply thoughtful.