虽然从小就生活在曼斯菲尔德庄园中，但这里的一切却无法让范妮（弗兰西丝·奥康纳 Frances O'Connor 饰）感到一丝亲切。寄人篱下的身份让年幼的她饱尝了人情的冷暖，好在有善良的埃德蒙德（约翰·李·米勒 Jonny Lee Miller 饰）的关心和陪伴，范妮才得以保留心中那一块小小的净土。才华横溢的范妮喜欢通过文字来记录内心的所想所感，成为一名作家是她最大的梦想。 亨利（亚历桑德罗·尼沃拉 Alessandro Nivola 饰）和玛丽（艾伯丝·戴维兹 Embeth Davidtz 饰）的到来打破了庄园中的宁静生活，伦敦的经历让兄妹两习惯于热情而奔放的表达感情，这一切在曼斯菲尔德庄园中实属罕见。很快的，埃德蒙德的注意力便被漂亮的玛丽吸引了，同时，亨利似乎也对范妮十分中意，面对人生中这突如其来的变化，范妮不知该何去何从。At 10, Fanny Price, a poor relation, goes to live at Mansfield Park, the estate of her aunt's husband, Sir Thomas. Clever, studious, and a writer with an ironic imagination and fine moral compass, she becomes especially close to Edmund, Thomas's younger son. Fanny is soon possessed of beauty as well as a keen mind and comes to the attention of a neighbor, Henry Crawford. Thomas promotes this match, but to his displeasure, Fanny has a mind of her own, asking Henry to prove himself worthy. As Edmund courts Henry's sister and as light shines on the link between Thomas's fortunes and New World slavery, Fanny must assess Henry's character and assert her heart as well as her wit.
