Rational Creatures by Christina Boyd
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

1 - Self-composed
Elinor Dashwood tries to impose control over her feelings for Edward Ferrars
2 - Every Past Affliction
Marianne Dashwood, after her illness at the Palmer's comes to know herself, therefore is a happy ending possible.
3 - Happiness in Marriage
Elizabeth Bennet ponders on various marriages. Would it be prudent to marry Collins.
4 - Charlotte's Comfort
Charlotte Collins' life from her point of view.
5 - Knightley Discourses
It would seem that after ten years of marriage Emma Knightley still wants to be a matchmaker. But what of the threat to her marriage.
6 - The Simple Things
Miss Hetty Bates, after rejecting a marriage proposal at the age of 35 looks back at her life.
7 - In Good Hands
Harriet Smith goes to stay with the Knightleys in London.
8 - The Meaning of Wife
A discussion at the Bertram's breakfast leaves Fanny Price indignant and determined to read A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. But how will this affect her future.
9 - What Strange Creatures
Mary Crawford of pre Mansfield finds proof that she can't stay with the Admiral.
10 - An Unnatural Beginning
Three years on from her broken engagement, Anne Elliott reflects.
11 - Where the Sky Touches the Sea
Sophia Croft reflects on her marriage.
12 - The Art of Pleasing
Persuasion from Mrs Penelope Clay point of view.
13 - Louisa by the Sea
The thoughts of Louisa Musgrove as she tries to awaken after the accident at Lyme, and her continuing story.
14 - The Strength of their Attachment
Catherine Morland feels she must go to Oxford to help her brother James in his troubles.
15 - A Nominal Mistress
Eleanor Tilney's courtship.
16 - The Edification of Lady Susan
The steps towards marriage of Lady Susan.
A bunch of enjoyable and well-written short stories.

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