Jane Austen primary novels

(If you want to know more about how I think about these books, please check my book review section)

Pride and Prejudice

Setting: Longbourn, Netherfield Park, Rosings, Pemberley 

Introduction:

The Bennet girls are in dire straits. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet are growing old and in a few years, will probably no longer be with their daughters anymore. With no brothers to inherit the estate, the Bennet girls will have to give up their home to a distant cousin whom no one in the family has met. Mrs. Bennet is in hysterics, desperate to marry her daughters to rich eligible bachelors and/or Mr. Collins, to whom the family’ estates is entailed. Fortunately for the Bennet girls, Longbourn is about to receive many suitors for them to choose from. There’s the friendly and cheerful Mr. Bingley, disgustingly rich Mr. Darcy, dashing and suave Mr. Wickham and also awkward and horrible Mr. Collins. Will the Bennet girls be able to marry well? Will they marry for love or for money? What will the relationship between Darcy and Lizzie, the second eldest of the Bennet girls, become, when there seems to be a spark between them, despite all their bickering?

Emma

Setting: Highbury

Introduction:

Emma Woodhouse’s situation is beyond what a woman can ever dream of. With her elder sister married and her widowed father not wanting to connect himself with another woman again, Emma is the one and only mistress of Hartfield, an estate so fine that in the area, it’s second only to Donwell Abbey. Emma has more money then she could spend and more freedom to do what she wants than other women her age. She’s the leader of her social circle and all the people she knows seem to think well of her. Though she vows never to enter a marriage, Emme prides herself on her match-making skills. Having help Isabelle and John as well as Miss Taylor and Mr Weston with their love lives, she sets her eyes on a new target, Harriet Smith. Will Emma succeed in finding Harriet, a lovely but rather weak-minded girl, a suitable husband? Will Mr. Knightley, Emma’s lifetime friend and only critic, be able to stop her from doing anything silly?

Persuasion

Setting: Somersetshire, Lyme Regis, Bath

Introduction:

The House of Elliot is in its worst financial crisis since the death of its mistress. So much so that they could no longer afford to stay in Kellynch Hall. After a short while looking for a suitable tenant, Sir Walter, decides to entrust his estate to a high-ranking navy officer, Admiral Croft, and his wife. Anne, the second daughter of the house, is more affected by this series of events than anyone else. Mrs. Croft’s brother, Captain Wentworth is her former lover and every mention of him brings her pain as well as regrets for having rejected him. Before leaving, Anne receives a letter from her younger sister, Mary, who lives nearby, explaining her state of poor health and asking for Anne’s company. Unbeknown to Anne, staying in Somersetshire for just a while longer will result in her meeting Captain Wentworth. Will she get a second chance at love? Or will their acquaintance continue in bitterness and agony for both sides?