10 year-old Fanny Price (O’Connor) is shipped from her hard-luck home to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, in Mansfield Park. Upon arrival, she is treated as inferior by her aristocratic relations. When Fanny grows up, she is alluring, vital and possesses a wit as sharp as a guillotine. When the most saught after resident of Mansfield Park begins to woo Fanny, her status is radically uplifted.