Publisher's Synopsis
Jane Austen introduces Susan Price in Mansfield Park, and the sequel Respect and Respectability follows her coming of age. Two wars are raging, and three Price brothers are at sea, but distractions include Merrill Edwards, just returned from his sugar plantation; Albert Ashton, an entrepreneur fresh to the area; and the belles of the neighborhood, who are eager to meet them. Evangelical sympathizers threaten Susan's views of religion, and abolitionists challenge her enjoyment of luxuries gotten from slave labor. By the time of her glittering coming out in the summer of 1815, Susan is enticed by testimonies, envious of others' exploits, and entangled in love. Shedding her old life is obstacle to accepting the new one held out to her.
