Love, Class and Convention

Jane Eyre
An orphaned girl grows up unwanted, trains as a governess, and takes a post at a remote manor whose owner is as difficult as he is magnetic. The house has been keeping something on the third floor, and it will cost her everything to find out what.
Wuthering Heights
A foundling boy and the daughter of the house grow up inseparable on the Yorkshire moors. She marries for status instead, and he spends the rest of his life — and the next generation — collecting the debt.
Cranford
In a small English town, a circle of women preserves its customs through financial setbacks, unexpected visitors and acts of quiet generosity.
North and South
Margaret Hale moves from rural England to an industrial town. Her encounters with workers and a mill owner challenge her loyalties and her understanding of love.
The Age of Innocence
A young New York lawyer is engaged to precisely the right woman when her disgraced cousin arrives home from Europe. Old money has already decided who is allowed to be happy, and it is not either of them.