Emma

(1815)

Emma is the story of Miss Emma Woodhouse, a well-to-do young woman in a small English town. After her governess, Miss Taylor, marries and becomes Mrs. Weston, Emma is left with her hypochondriac, hyper-concerned father as her sole companion. She therefore takes the poor, unconnected, yet gentle Harriet under her wing. Emma's love of matchmaking leads her to meddle in Harriet's love life, and to set up some romantic misadventures of her own! A humorous, satirical work, where the plot is often secondary to the characters themselves. From the garrulous Miss Bates, to the querulous Mr Woodhouse, to the gallant Mr. Knightley and erratic Mr. Churchill, a fascinating and highly readable example of Jane Austen's prowess with the English language.--Submitted by Caitlin.

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For everyone who is excited about BBC's new Emma adaptation

There is coming a new adaptation of Emma on the BBC this Autumn... ... and... ... there is a preview! It was not watchable on the BBC if you were not in the UK, but it has been put on YouTube. Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjPMEopKtDs

Posted By kiki1982 at Fri 7 Aug 2009, 1:50 PM in Emma || 34 Replies

elements of sense and sensibility in 'Emma'

hi everybody :)I hope you are fine. So, I've a research paper on Jane Austen's great novel Emma , and its about the elements of sense and sensibility in it. At first I thought it a hard thing but after I've read some comments I began somehow to understand what I am asked for:idea:. So I'm going to give you what I've understood, and I'm just asking you to correct and guide me or you also may pay my attention to something. So her is my opinion: the relationship between Jane and Frank Churchill: as we know they were engaged secretly and for months (they were guided by their sensebility) and therfore this love was going to fall apart until Frank told his grandfather and Mr Weston , in other words returning to society(sense) that this love was saved . Emma's attempts to choose a good husband for poor Harriet throughout the novel failed because she was following her emotions and feelings (her sensibility) , and at the end Harriet married Mr Martin according to the social class (sense). So, I'm waiting for your replies and thanks .:)

Posted By selsabil at Fri 3 Apr 2009, 5:25 PM in Emma || 1 Reply

essay about the climax of emma

in school (11th grade) i have to write an essay on emma. the topic is a conversation that took place in the book that affected the lives of the characters. i have to write the gist of the conversation and how it affected the characters. im using the conversation at the end of the book between emma and mr knightly-when he says hes in love with her. i need some ideas on how to start off the introduction and a basic idea of what i should write in the 3 body paragraphs. thanx!

Posted By Leah girl at Tue 28 Oct 2008, 5:45 PM in Emma || 1 Reply

six an what now?

In the book, Jane Austen describes Mr. Kingston as seven or eight and thirty. She describes Mr. Elston as six or seven and thirty. What does this mean?

Posted By xxblacklightxx at Tue 29 Jul 2008, 6:44 PM in Emma || 1 Reply

Beckinsale has inspired me to read 'Emma'

I'm an old fart who still has an eye for the ladies. I saw the Masterpiece production of emma the other night, (OK, precisely 5 nights ago),and thought it wondrous. I've been a Beckinsale fan since 'Serendipity' one of the all-time great romantic movies, so I tuned in for her. I'm not a great Austen fan, SF, Fantasy & mystery more, but I really really really liked this movie. I recall seeing the Paltrow version shortly after it came out and all I can recall about it is she was a matchmaker who wasn't very good at it. Surprisingly, both movies were made the same year, 1996. Anyway I downloaded 'Emma' from project gutenberg, (googlize it, you won't be sorry), and couldn't put it down or rather turn it off. There's a very good etext reader called etr, (I'm running linux, but I think there's a windows version for you poor benighted windows users), that will unzip a zip file on the fly. To the book -- some of the previous posters were very irritated at Emma's character, spoiled, rich, vain, not very intuitive. Austen herself says so in the first paragraph. But she changes doesn't she? The reverses that she meets with cause her to slowly revise her opinion of herself downward, with the not inconsiderable help of Knightly; near the end of the book she says to herself she's not sure she could have changed without the help of Mr Knightly. I would be more annoyed at her reliance on the help of a strong 'superior' man if it weren't for the opposite case of Jane and Frank Churchill. In the latter case, it's hoped that Frank's character can be strengthened by his conjugation with Jane. Of course the sense of class permeates the book, the servants don't have any lines. One of the funniest scenes in the movie shows the servants carting furniture up to the top of Box Hill for a picnic. All those characters without a sense of their own natural superiority strive to marry above themselves; money is often involved. Those Americans who slam the English for their class consciousness should look at their own small towns. I grew up in a small town, the son of a dentist and was always aware that I was a different class from the farm kids who were bussed into our consolidated school. There are no classless societies, but in many of them an individual can join the upper classes; given money and time and a lot of both. It's late and I'm tired, and terse, so... your thoughts?

Posted By mrmusic23 at Sat 5 Apr 2008, 1:41 AM in Emma || 1 Reply

Emma and Pride and Prejudice

Hey guyss! i need help with this A-level essay!!! 'To elizabeth it appeared that her family made an arangement to expose themselves as much as they could during the evening. it could have been impossible for them to play their parts with more spirit of finer success.' Compare and contrast the ways in which the writers of your two texts make use of the relationships between indicidual family members. I rele need help :( i duno wat to ryt..wud rele appreaciate it if sum1 cud tel me where to go with this essay! thankyooooou!!! X :)

Posted By Yasmineeeeee at Wed 26 Mar 2008, 1:31 PM in Emma || 2 Replies

Teenage girls and Emma

Hey all, im a 15 year old boy(Parents are both wealthy white South Africans of the British Commonwealth, we are now living in NY in the USA, im attending a public school) with a slight problem; im in love with Emma! I had to read it for my advanced english class and I thought it was going to be really bad, but it was just amazing! Ok onto the real problem though,I was asked to write a paper on the book Emma, about how it was applicable as a "novel of manners" if thats a term anyone knows. Anyways, im in a class of 24 girls and 4 guys so I assumed that the girls would adooore the book, but I was wrong. All my peers found her to be "Rude, annoying, ugly, just plain boring" which is the exact opposite of what I think. So anyways in this paper I got really sidetracked, and I started to attack my peers in writing, trying to define why they dident like Emma. I came to the conclusion that they found her unappealing because of their role models (i.e. Mrs Spears and Miss Lohan), who like to party and do drugs and such. I also pondered the fact that they may have just not understand the actions commited by the characters, or the speech. In the end I added in that it could have just been their social class limiting their point of view, but that was a weaker point. Anyways, I wana hear what you all think on the subject of teenage girls hating Emma, and not swooning over Mr. Knightly??? haha Its just so out of the ordinary. Thanks, sorry for making your eyes sore from reading so much =)

Posted By TeeJay12513 at Fri 11 Jan 2008, 10:30 PM in Emma || 14 Replies

compare and contrast the film and the text of emma

hi ! i need a comparison between the text of emma and the movie acted by Gwyneth Paltrow. any ideas on that issue ? please comment on it ! thanks in advance!

Posted By clarissa_f at Mon 7 Jan 2008, 4:06 PM in Emma || 0 Replies

Emma

Hello, I am new to the Literature Network Forums and have chosen this particular sub forum to introduce myself because Emma is what I am reading and re-reading now. I think Emma is a good balance between the overconfident feminist and the simpering beauty queen. I invite your thoughts on her....

Posted By sabe35 at Tue 23 Oct 2007, 4:10 AM in Emma || 1 Reply

"Compare and Contrast the Film Emma (Gwenth Paltrow version) with the Novel"

"Compare and Contrast the Film Emma (Gwenth Paltrow version) with the Novel" Also, things to consider like: Eg. Character development with Mr. Elton. How is he presented in the film vs the book. Why did the Elton's got omitted in the scene of Box Hill? What about the setting in the film. Is it a good novel setting? Thanks In Advance

Posted By Tap123 at Fri 21 Sep 2007, 12:28 PM in Emma || 1 Reply

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