At nineteen Anne Elliot refuses an offer of marriagefrom Frederick Wentworth, persuaded to do so by LadyRussell, a friend of her dead mother. Wentworth is asailor, with no money and an uncertain future, says Lady Russell - just a nobody, certainly not worthy ofa baronet's daughter. Eight years later Wentworth returns, a rich and successful captain, looking for a wife. Anne is still unmarried, but Captain Wentworth clearly prefers the company of the two Musgrove girls .. .
