Emma | Emma

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Author: Jane Austen
First Published: 1816
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Romance
Time of Work: The early nineteenth century
Setting: Highbury, a village in southern England
Principal Characters: Emma Woodhouse, Mr. Woodhouse, Miss Taylor, Mr. Knightley, Harriet Smith, Mr. Weston, Frank Churchill, Jane Fairfax, Isabella, Mr., Robert Martin
Genres: Long fiction, Fiction of manners, Bourgeois fiction
Subjects: Self-discovery, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Social issues, Marriage, Villages, Friendship, Class consciousness, Manners or customs, Social life, England or English people, Women’s issues, Farms, farmers, or farming, Small-town life, Gossip, Wealth, Eccentrics or eccentricities
Locales: London, England, Surrey, England, Bath, England

Emma, a romantic comedy of manners, paints a sparkling and amusing picture of genteel village life in Great Britain during the brief Regency period preceding the Victorian period. Marriage and social position are the primary focus of this work as the women characters, faithful to the social dynamics of the time, seek financial and social security through advantageous marriages. Of the many genteel women in the novel, only Emma can choose to stay single without serious financial and social sacrifice. The other unmarried women of the story are either...

Emma | Emma

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