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Feb 9, 2020 · Unlike other charming and wealthy Austen characters, Emma never has to prove her worth. Thaden dissects Emma’s supposed charm—a quality that, she argues, pulls the wool over readers’ eyes.
Chapter 43 Quotes. Were she a woman of fortune, I would leave every harmless absurdity to take its chance, I would not quarrel with you for any liberties of manner. Were she your equal in situation—but, Emma, consider how far this is from being the case.
When Jane Austen turns from romanticism to realism, as she does in every novel, she admits that a good many men (and women) marry for beauty and/or money, and only a few marry for intrinsic worth. Emma has beauty, money, and charm, all she needs to be eminently successful in Jane Austen's world.
While others in her life only coddle and indulge her, Mr. Knightley actually has higher expectations, a fact that Emma appreciates more than she has realized in the past. I have blamed you, and lectured you, and you have borne it as no other woman in England would have bourne it.
Feb 20, 2021 · In short, Emma is attributing qualities to Harriet she wishes her to have. The ironies in Emma’s perception of Harriet become clear when she thinks that Harriet’s “soft blue eyes and all those natural graces should not be wasted on the inferior society of Highbury and its connections.”
Dec 23, 2015 · Jane Austen’s Emma, which came out 200 years ago today, may not be as popular with audiences as Pride and Prejudice, but it’s become the novel that critics consider her masterpiece.
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A classic study of Austen’s life and fiction, with emphasis on how she developed her literary taste and style. Refers to specific novels to show her evolving art and her mastery of the...
