Jane Austen

I believe Rosa she was asking what our favorite sacrifices in the novels were.

But I thought that Emma was quite the loving daughter to give up her happiness for the sake of her father. She thought that if she married Mr. Knightley than her father would be on his way to an early grave. And like Mr. Knightly said, "I cannot secure your happiness at the risk of losing your father's." I thought it was really sweet of both of them.

For me though it was Anne in Persuasion, she first gave up the love of her life for the sake of the preservation of her family's reputation. And than she turned down quite the eligible match in Charles Musgrove. Even though later she sacrifices that same family's future comfort when she turns down yet another eligible match in the heir presumptive William Elliot.