Sense and Sensibility Though Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are sisters with contrasting temperaments; each are no less constrained by their place and status in society. Of the gentry, they experience economic hardship through circumstances arising from their father's death.

Pride and Prejudice Mr. and Mrs. Bennett have five daughters who must be married off. The two eldest are the most eligible because of their age. The elder, Jane, is a beauty; but the second, Eliza, though witty and clever is too independent for her own good. Entanglements and misunderstandings ensue when two wealthy bachelors arrive on the scene.

Mansfield Park Fanny Price is made to feel grateful for her privileged upbringing in her uncle's house. Ever the outsider, the only person she feels close to is her cousin, Edmund. Fanny's life is thrown into chaos with the arrival of two fashionable siblings from London, Mary and Henry Crawford.

Emma Emma Woodhouse takes her role as matchmaker to the eligible residents of Highbury seriously. Unfortunately, her schemes do not unfold exactly as planned. What she hadn't anticipated were her own feelings for a certain gentleman.

Northanger Abbey Invited for an extended stay in Bath by kindly neighbours, Catherine Morland learns through trials and tribulations how to discern genuine friendships from false ones -- a lesson not easily grasped -- when one is young and impressionable.

Persuasion When Anne Elliot finds herself in the company of a successful naval captain who once proposed to her, she is forced to reflect on her past actions and the values that allowed her to be "persuaded" to end the engagement. Although her feelings were always constant for him, she can't be sure of his for her.