Character Summary

MAJOR CHARACTERS

EMMA WOODHOUSE: meddling heroine of story

MISS TAYLOR (LATER MRS. WESTON): Emma’s former governess and good friend

MR. WESTON: the man Miss Taylor marries

MR. GEORGE KNIGHTLEY: Woodhouse friend who often fights with Emma, brother of John

MR. JOHN KNIGHTLEY: Isabella’s husband

MR. WOODHOUSE: Emma’s worrywart father

FRANK CHURCHILL: son of Mr. Weston by his first wife

MISS BATES: Mrs. Bates’ unmarried daughter

REVEREND/MR. PHILIP ELTON: a vicar

HARRIET SMITH: a pretty, 17 year old girl who attends Mrs. Goddard’s school

JANE FAIRFAX: Miss Bates’ niece

MISS AUGUSTA HAWKINS (LATER MRS. ELTON): a woman Mr. Elton gets engaged to

OTHER CHARACTERS

ISABELLA: Emma’s older sister

JAMES: Woodhouse valet

HANNAH: James’ daughter who works for the Westons

MISS CHURCHILL (FIRST MRS. WESTON): first wife of Mr. Weston, now deceased

MR. PERRY: apothecary, Mr. Woodhouse’s doctor

MRS. BATES: a widow

MRS. GODDARD: mistress of a boarding school

ROBERT MARTIN: a man that likes Harriet

MISS NASH: head teacher at Mrs. Goddard’s school

HENRY KNIGHTLEY: Isabella’s eldest child

JOHN KNIGHTLEY, JR.: Isabella’s second child

EMMA KNIGHTLEY: Isabella’s youngest child

MR. WINGFIELD: Isabella’s doctor

MRS. CHURCHILL: Frank’s aunt that has raised him.

MRS. DIXON (FORMERLY MISS CAMPBELL): daughter of Colonel Campbell

MR. DIXON: husband of Mrs. Dixon

COLONEL CAMPBELL: guardian of Miss Fairfax and father to Mrs. Dixon

MRS. CAMPBELL: wife of Colonel Campbell and mother to Mrs. Dixon

JANE BATES (LATER FAIRFAX, SR.): youngest daughter of Mrs. Bates and mother to Jane Fairfax the younger.

LIEUTENANT FAIRFAX: husband to Jane Bates and father of Jane Fairfax, Jr.

ELIZABETH MARTIN: sister of Robert Martin

THE COLES: a merchant family that becomes more prominent in Highbury

MISS BICKERTON: another boarder at Mrs. Goddard’s

ANNA WESTON: The Westons' baby daughter