Meet Holly Ambrose, age 22, aspiring naturalist and unpronounced romantic.

And then of course, there is clan Ambrose:

Mrs. Ambrose, her mother. Horatio Ambrose, her brother and the eldest of the Ambrose children. Colonel Ambrose, her father.

Maria Ambrose, wife of Horatio. Hortensia Hampton, Holly's sister. Timothy Hampton, husband of Hortensia.

And the suitors: