“I hate to hear you talking…as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days.”

Eight years ago, Anne Elliot was persuaded out of marrying the man she loved, Captain Wentworth, due to family pressure. Now, fate finds them both within the same social circle and Anne finds that her old feelings for him remain unchanged.

However, Wentworth behaves indifferent, as if they were strangers, and seems more interested in her friend Louisa.