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What is Jane Austen’s darkest book?

Mansfield Park is commonly regarded as Jane Austen’s darkest and boldest novel. It has an unconventional protagonist in Fanny Price, who is feeble, reticent, and often considered prudish. The novel maintains a serious moral tone, comments on themes such as class differences, infidelity, and imperialism, and explores the effects of compromised values.