
EMMA Emma by Jane Austen, is a novel about juvenile pride and the dangers of misinterpreted romance. The story takes place in the fictional village of Highbury and the surrounding areas of Hartfield, Randalls and Donwell Abbey and involves relationships between individuals in these places. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in his other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of distinguished women living in the Georgian region of the English regency; she also creates a comedy animated in ways by her characters and depicts issues of marriage, gender, age, and social status.Before starting the novel, Austen wrote: "I'm going to take a heroine that no one, other than me, likes very much." In the first sentence, she presents the title character as "Emma Woodhouse, Handsome, Smart and Rich." Emma is spoiled, stubborn and satisfied. she greatly overestimates her own twinning abilities; she is blind to the dangers of meddling in the lives of others; and his imagination and perceptions have often misled him.This novel has been adapted for several films, many television programs and a long list of plays. It is also the inspiration for several novels.Emma Woodhouse has just attended the wedding of Miss Taylor, her friend and former governess, with Mr. Weston. After presenting them, Emma takes the credit for their marriage, and decides that she likes the twinning. After returning to Hartfield with her father, Emma moves forward with her new interest against the advice of her brother-in-law, Mr. Knightley, and tries to pair her new friend Harriet Smith with Mr. Elton, the local vicar. First, Emma must persuade Harriet to refuse the marriage proposal of Robert Martin, a respectable, educated and well-spoken young farmer, whom Harriet does against her will. However, Mr. Elton, a social climber, thinks that Emma is in love with him and offers him. When Emma tells him that she thought he was attached to Harriet, he is indignant. After Emma rejects him
Page Count:
177
Publication Date:
2017-11-18
Publisher:
Independently Published
ISBN-10:
1973333899
ISBN-13:
9781973333890
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