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Playfulness (ASIN B002ACZTSO), by Helen Baker, is a continuation relating how Mary Crawford searched for a worthy gentleman to appreciate her for those very qualities which Edmund Bertram deplored.
The film, Metropolitan (1990) takes much of Mansfield Park's plot and transfers it to New York. Audrey Rouget, the film's heroine, is an Austen admirer who resembles Fanny in her morals and personality. She falls in love with Tom, who is attracted to the vivacious and beautiful Serena in ways that parallel Edmund's attraction to Mary Crawford. Conversations between Tom and Audrey include discussions of Austen's Mansfield Park and Persuasion both.
Mansfield Park and Mummies: Monster Mayhem, Matrimony, Ancient Curses, True Love, and Other Dire Delights (2009) by Vera Nazarian, a mashup which introduces Egyptology and a third romantic interest, Lord Eastwind, a resurrected ancient Egyptian pharaoh who takes on the form of a Regency gentleman to woo Fanny Price.
Murder at Mansfield Park by Lynn Shepherd (2010), recreates Fanny Price as a rich heiress who is spoiled, condescending, and generally hated throughout the county. Mary Crawford, on the other hand, is the virtuous one. When Fanny is brutally killed at Mansfield Park, Mary takes it upon herself to solve Fanny's murder.
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