As this novel opens we learn that the estate of Randalls will have a new mistress.  Secondary characters include the Coles, who throw an important party, and Mrs. and Miss Bates, whose relative Jane Fairfax plays a more central role.  Jane is engaged to Frank Churchill, whom the title character was briefly interested in.  Concurrently, Robert Martin is first refused by Harriet Smith, who is in turn rejected by Mr. Elton.  The title character has a hand in all this, but is caught unawares by her love for Mr. Knightley.  
As this novel opens we learn that the estate of Randalls will have a new mistress.  Secondary characters include the Coles, who throw an important party, and Mrs. and Miss Bates, whose relative Jane Fairfax plays a more central role.  Jane is engaged to Frank Churchill, whom the title character was briefly interested in.  Concurrently, Robert Martin is first refused by Harriet Smith, who is in turn rejected by Mr. Elton.  The title character has a hand in all this, but is caught unawares by her love for Mr. Knightley.  FTP, name this novel about the matchmaking attempts of Ms. Woodhouse, a work by Jane Austen.
As this novel opens we learn that the estate of Randalls will have a new mistress.  
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