Northanger Abbey
Young Cathy is taken to Bath
where Supervic crosses her path.
Though his father turns crabby
when she stays at the abbey,
they’re a cinch for the next Home and Hearth.
Sense and Sensibility
Two sisters: one cool and one hot.
Yet both of them suffer a lot.
Still, Love finds a way,
so they end up okay,
having learnt who is sound and who’s not.
Pride and Prejudice
Five daughters, no sons: what a pain!
Mary’s at the piano – again;
Kitty suffers from cough
and Lyd buggers off . . .
Thank goodness for Lizzy and Jane!
Mansfield Park
The chosen play’s more than a lark;
the Crawfords engage with the dark;
but Fanny is steady
and so (just) is Eddy,
and the two will be left Mansfield Park.
Emma
Yes, Emma’s ‘a right little miss’.
No, Elton and she do not kiss.
Yes, ‘Knightley’s a mensch’.
No, Frank isn’t French.
I’m sorry, there’s no one called Chris.
Persuasion
The heroine’s called ‘only Anne’.
She, years ago, gave up her man.
We see how she’s hurting,
when watching him flirting
till, in Bath, it is catch-as-catch-can.
