Laura has lived a fairy-tale life until a stranger knocks on her cottage door. Then her adventures and her troubles begin. In dramatic letters, Laura tells of heartless fathers and runaway children, long-lost grandfathers and thieving cousins. Hers is a story of doomed love, fierce friendship, and the unexpected dangers of fainting.
Mrs. Bennet is desperate to find rich husbands for her daughters, so the arrival of a charming new neighbor is welcome indeed. Sadly the friend he brings with him is not. Mr. Darcy seems to have even more pride than money. Nobody likes him - least of all Elizabeth Bennet. But not everyone is who they seem.
Elinor and Marianne Dashwood have very different ideas about love. Marianne wants to be swept off her feet. Her sensible sister Elinor's feet are always firmly on the ground. But when their father dies and they are forced to move to a new home, will there even be room for love at all?
Clever and confident, Emma is positive that she can find the perfect husband for her new friend Harriet. But with one mistake after another, Emma realizes that she might not understand people as well as she thought. In fact, she might not even understand her own heart.
At ten years old, Fanny is sent to live with rich relatives at Mansfield Park. Fanny doesn't fit in there but she is grateful for the friendship of her cousin, Edmund. Years later, the arrival of Henry and Mary Crawford upsets their quite lives. With even Edmund acting differently, can Fanny stay true to herself?
All Catherine wants is to be like the heroines in the book she reads. On her first trip away from home, she finally gets her chance. A new friendship and a growing love lead her to be spooky Northanger Abbey. There Catherine will find that a little imagination can cause a lot of trouble.
Eight years ago, Anne was persuaded not to marry Captain Wentworth. Now he is back, rich, handsome, and still unmarried. While everyone wonders which lucky lady will become his wife, Anne can't help hoping for a second change. A chance to prove that her mind may have once been changed, but her heart never had.