Fanny Price with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally grows up a meek outsider among her cousins in the unaccustomed elegance of Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank. During her uncle's absence in Antigua, the Crawford's arrive in the neighborhood bringing with them the glamour of London life and a reckless taste for flirtation. „Mansfield Park” is considered Jane Austen's first mature work and, with its quiet heroine and subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, one of her most profound.