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Works of Jane Austen: Emma: Chapters 1 - 13

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Austen, Jane

Austen, Jane
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Emma: Chapters 1 - 13

Chapter 1

"Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and
happy disposition seemed to unite some of the blessings of existence; and had
lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex
her." Because her older sister is married and her mother dead, Emma is the
mistress of her father's house. She has been brought up by a governess who has
let her have her own way, and Emma has "a disposition to think a little too
well of herself." Her former governess of sixteen years, Miss Taylor, ...

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