Elinor is as prudent as her sister Marianne is impetuous. Each must learn from the other after they are forced by their father's death to leave their home and enter into the contests of polite society. The charms of unsuitable men and the schemes of rival ladies mean that their paths to success will be beset with disappointment.

(Oxford Bookworms Library is a new edition of the original Oxford Bookworms Black and Green series, merging the two series into one with new covers. Sixteen additional pages inside each book allow extra pages of activities and increased author and series information. Some of the titles have new illustrations.)

The "Oxford Bookworms Library" extends the range of activities and teaching support of "Oxford Bookworms" and includes in each book an Activities section of "Before Reading", "While Reading" and "After Reading" exercises. The six stages offer stories at different levels of ability.

(Oxford Bookworms Library is a new edition of the original Oxford Bookworms Black and Green series, merging the two series into one with new covers.)

The "Oxford Bookworms Library" extends the range of activities and teaching support of "Oxford Bookworms" and includes in each book an Activities section of "Before Reading", "While Reading" and "After Reading" exercises. The six stages offer stories at different levels of ability.

("Starters" are an introductory level to the new Oxford Bookworms Library, suitable for readers in their first or second years of learning English. The "Starters" series are original stories in a variety of formats: narrative, interactive, and comic strip. They contain glossaries and exercises and are carefully graded in structure and vocabulary.)