Enjoyable but no Pride and Prejudice. The story of the two (older) sisters in the family mirrors each other. I suspect the outcome of the book is determined by the author’s judgement of the behaviour of the characters. To some extent we are being given a lesson in morality. Unfortunately, opinions have changed greatly since the book was written.

It has been a while since I read this (sometime last year) so maybe my opinion of the book is being slightly skewed by my more recent reading of Mansfield Park.