While perhaps not the most famous of Austen’s works, Mansfield park does not disappoint readers with its carefully crafted characters and Austen’s classic wit. Mansfield Park could perhaps be called the greatest of Austen’s novels. Fanny, a young girl in strained financial circumstances, comes to live with her wealthier relatives. Embedded in the hurtful and sometimes chivalrous characters in Fanny’s life, Austen comments on the superficial social world of the day, along with the heavier underlying theme of slavery.