∗prudence and passion divided between two sisters

In seasons of cheerfulness, no temper could be more cheerful than hers, …

But in sorrow she must be equally carried away by her fancy, and as far …

It was contrary to every doctrine of hers that difference of fortune sho…

He really pressed them, with some earnestness, to consider Norland as th…

∗Austen's opening establishes themes of economic precarity and social propriety through measured irony.

Sisters navigate love and fortune amid social constraint and family disappointment.