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Miss Emma Woodhouse is the titular protagonist of Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma. Emma is a 21-year-old gentlewoman, the second of two daughters of the well-to-do Mr. Woodhouse. As a result of her status and rather indulgent upbringing, Emma overestimates her own intuitions and believes herself to have a knack for matchmaking, meddling in the romantic lives of those around her. Though at the ...
Among the lesser developed but important ones, we may note Mr. Woodhouse, John Knightley, and Augusta Elton. They appear to be one-dimensional because they consistently show their one dominant coloring, and so far as treatment of them in the novel is concerned, they are one-dimensional. Mr. Woodhouse, in his gentle selfishness, is the petty ...
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. The novel follows the story of gentlewoman Emma Woodhouse, a young woman occupied with the match making of others and determined to herself stay unmarried ...
Though her parents were members of the English gentry, they remained relatively poor. Modest to a fault about the value of her work, Jane Austen nevertheless produced some of the enduring masterpieces of English literature, including the novels Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and Persuasion. Her novels were published ...
Emma Woodhouse. Emma Woodhouse is the 21-year-old titular protagonist of Jane Austen 's 1815 novel Emma. She is described in the novel's opening sentence as "handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and a happy disposition... and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her."
Emma, written by Jane Austen and first published in 1815, is a classic novel that revolves around the life of its protagonist, Emma Woodhouse. Set in the English village of Highbury, the novel explores the comedic and romantic entanglements of Emma as she endeavors to play matchmaker for her friends while remaining oblivious to her own feelings ...
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