Tematika romana je ljubav oca Goriota prema kćerima koje ga iskorištavaju i želja mladog čovjeka iz provincije da uspije u velikom gradu. Problematika koja se obrađuje u romanu je: očinska ljubav koja ne poznaje granice, želja za uspjehom u gradskoj sredini i težnja za društvenim ugledom, posesivna, odana i slijepa ljubav oca prema kćerima, amoralnost ondašnjeg društva i moralni pad čovjeka. Inspiracija iz sličnog djela je Shakespeareova tema iz "Kralja Leara" koji se lišava svega da bi njegove nezahvalne kćeri mogle ostvariti svoje ambicije.

Robinja je prva svjetovna drama na hrvatskome jeziku autora Hanibala Lucića. Drama nema bogatu razvedenu dramsku radnju: u tri čina, u dvostruko rimovanim dvanaestercima, Robinja oblikuje dramsku priču o Robinji koju u gusarskom zarobljeništvu pronalazi njezin bivši udvarač ban Derenčin. Drama završava sretno: vjenčanjem dvoje mladih. O zbivanjima i događajima u drami više se prepričava i izvješćuje, no što se oni odvijaju pred gledateljem. Uobličujući aktualnu, realističku temu, s povijesnim licima, radnju koja se odvija u realnom u prostoru u suvremenosti, Robinja je prva svjetovna drama u hrvatskoj književnosti, prva drama koja govori o ozbiljnim problemima onodobne hrvatske stvarnosti. Isto tako, Robinja je i prva hrvatska drama koja nastaje na temelju antičke poetičke svijesti o drami, na temelju onih ranonovovjekovnih estetskih koncepcija po kojima se drama treba oblikovati na zasadama antičke dramske tradicije. Dodamo li navedenomu da Lucićeva drama posjeduje i mnogo rodoljubnih i nacionalnih akcenata, onda je razumljivo zašto je Lucićeva Robinja iznimno važna za povijest hrvatske drame i književnosti uopće.

Emma Woodhouse, aged 20 at the start of the novel, is a young, beautiful, witty, and privileged woman in Regency England. She lives on the fictional estate of Hartfield in Surrey in the village of Highbury with her elderly widowed father, a hypochondriac who is excessively concerned for the health and safety of his loved ones. Emma's friend and only critic is the gentlemanly George Knightley, her neighbour from the adjacent estate of Donwell, and the brother of her elder sister Isabella's husband, John. As the novel opens, Emma has just attended the wedding of Miss Taylor, her best friend and former governess. Having introduced Miss Taylor to her future husband, Mr. Weston, Emma takes credit for their marriage, and decides that she rather likes matchmaking.

"Jane Eyre" follows the emotions and experiences of its eponymous character, including her growth to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the byronic master of fictitious Thornfield Hall.

Fanny Price is a young girl from a large and relatively poor family, who is taken from them at age 10 to be raised by her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas, a baronet, and Lady Bertram, of Mansfield Park. She had previously lived with her own parents, Lieut. Price and his wife, Frances (Fanny), Lady Bertram's sister. She is the second child and eldest daughter, with seven siblings born after her. She has a firm attachment to her older brother, William, who at the age of 12 has followed his father into the navy. With so many mouths to feed on a limited income, Fanny's mother is grateful for the opportunity to send Fanny away to live with her fine relatives.

More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marriage from the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. He was clever, confident, and ambitious, but poor and with no particular family connections to recommend him. Sir Walter, Anne's fatuous, snobbish father and her equally self-involved older sister Elizabeth were dissatisfied with her choice, maintaining that he was no match for an Elliot of Kellynch Hall, the family estate. Her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne's late mother, persuaded her to break the engagement. Now 27 and still unmarried, Anne re-encounters her former love when his sister and brother-in-law, the Crofts, take out a lease on Kellynch. Wentworth is now a captain and wealthy from maritime victories in the Napoleonic wars. However, he has not forgiven Anne for rejecting him. While publicly declaring that he is ready to marry any suitable young woman who catches his fancy, he privately resolves that he is ready to become attached to any appealing young woman except for Anne Elliot.

Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak.

The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.

Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel aficionado Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath. It is Catherine's first visit there. She meets new friends, such as Isabella Thorpe, and goes to balls. Catherine finds herself pursued by Isabella's brother, the rough-mannered, slovenly John Thorpe, and by her real love interest, Henry Tilney. She also becomes friends with Eleanor Tilney, Henry's younger sister. Henry captivates her with his view on novels and his knowledge of history and the world. General Tilney (Henry and Eleanor's father) invites Catherine to visit their estate, Northanger Abbey, which, from her reading of Ann Radcliffe's Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho, she expects to be dark, ancient and full of Gothic horrors and fantastical mystery.