Emma
...young woman who's intentions are good although somewhat misguided. She believes that she has a knack for matchmaking couples, but she herself has a thing or two to learn about love before she discovers that she cannot go about sticking her nose in other people's affairs.
Jane Austin's Emma is a complex story with so many things happening that you could not possibly condensed them down into a report, without rewriting the book. Emma takes place in nineteenth century Highbury England, a quaint country village made up by small cast of characters. The story introduces us Emma Woodhouse, a woman of influence who has everything a girl could want, including a loving family. Our story begins after a wedding, the wedding of Emma's good friend and Governess Miss Taylor, she has married the Woodhouse's neighbor a widower named Mr. Weston, Emma and her father was saddened by the loss of their friend, but Emma is trying to be strong for the sake of her father, who like many dislikes change.
He acted now like he did when his other daughter Isabella got married to John Knightly. His brother George has always been dear friends of the Woodhouse family, popping in any hour to visit them without a moments notice, as though he were one of the family. On this visit, Knightly
Just having returned from London pops in to tell the Woodhouse's the news of John and Isabella. Emma also takes this opportunity to tell Knightly about the wedding of Miss Taylor and Mr. Weston and how she takes credit for the match of the pair. Knightly disagrees with Emma over her meddling. It pleases Emma to say that, "
I thought when he was joining their hand today; he looked so very much as if he would like to have the same kind of office done for him!! I think very well of Mr. Elton, and this is the only way of doing him a service." as she said in reference to...
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