Emma
Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815.
The main character of the novel is Emma, however, is also rather spoiled, headstrong, and self-satisfied; she greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities; she is blind to the dangers of meddling in other people's lives, and her imagination and perceptions often lead her astray.
Plot
Emma Woodhouse, aged 20 at the start of the novel, is a young, beautiful, witty, and privileged woman in Regency England. She lives on the fictional estate of Hartfield in Surrey in the village of Highbury with her elderly widowed father, a hypochondriac who is excessively concerned for the health and safety of his loved ones. Emma's friend and only critic is the gentlemanly George Knightley, her neighbour from the adjacent estate of Donwell, and the brother of her elder sister Isabella's husband, John. As the novel opens, Emma has just attended the wedding of Miss Taylor, her best friend and former governess. Having introduced Miss Taylor to her future husband, Mr. Weston, Emma takes credit for their marriage, and decides that she rather likes matchmaking.t summary. Against Mr. Knightley's advice, Emma forges ahead with her new interest, and tries to match her new friend Harriet Smith, a sweet, pretty, but none-too-bright parlour boarder of seventeen —described as "the natural daughter of somebody" i.e. the illegitimate daughter of someone — to Mr. Elton, the local vicar. Emma becomes convinced that Mr. Elton's constant attentions are a result of his attraction and growing love for Harriet. But before events can unfold as she plans, Emma must first persuade Harriet to refuse an advantageous marriage proposal. Her suitor is a respectable, educated, and well-spoken young farmer, Robert Martin, but Emma snobbishly decides he isn't good enough for Harriet. Against her own wishes, the easily-influenced Harriet rejects Mr. Martin.
The story goes on and on with a lot of curiosity ,fun and love........to know more ,obviously you have to read the classic book of a wonderful author ....so go and grab the book now......”EMMA” by JANE AUSTEN..Before you start reading the book i would love to give you a little information about the main characters of the book....
Emma Woodhouse-----Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like”............ the protagonist of the story, is a beautiful, high-spirited, intelligent, and 'slightly' spoiled young woman of the age of twenty.
George Knightly, about thirty-seven years old, is a close friend of Emma, and her only critic.
Mr. Frank Churchill, Mr. Weston's son by his previous marriage, is an amiable young man, who manages to be liked by everyone except Mr. Knightly.
Jane Fairfax, an orphan whose only family consists of an aunt, Miss Bates, and a grandmother.
Harriet Smith, a young friend of Emma's, is a very pretty but unsophisticated girl who is too easily led by others, especially by Emma .she has been educated at a nearby school.
Philip Elton is a good-looking, seemingly well mannered, and ambitious young vicar. Emma wants him to marry Harriet.
Augusta Elton, formerly Miss Hawkins, is Mr. Elton's wife.
Mrs. Anne Weston, formerly Miss Taylor, was Emma's governess for sixteen years and remains her closest friend.
Mr. Weston, a recently wealthy man living in the vicinity of Hartfield, marries Emma's former governess, Miss Taylor.
Miss Bates is a friendly, garrulous spinster whose mother, Mrs. Bates, is a friend of Mr. Woodhouse.
Mr. Henry Woodhouse, Emma's father, is always concerned for his own health and comfort, and to the extent that it does not interfere with his own, the health and comfort of his friends. He is a valetudinarian (similar to a hypochondriac but more likely to be genuinely ill).
Isabella Knightly (née Woodhouse) is the elder sister of Emma and daughter of Henry.
John Knightly is Isabella's husband and George's younger brother. He is an old acquaintance of Jane Fairfax.
About The Author—
It can be safely said that Jane Austen is one of the best-loved English authors of all time. Born December 16, 1775, Austen made a mark on the literary world with her romantic fiction set among the landed gentry in England. Her writing career began early when she wrote stories, poems and plays for her family's entertainment. These pieces of work, originally written between 1787 and 1793, now known as Juvenilia, were ultimately bound in three volumes. Jane Austen is most famously known for her six major novels : Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. Jane Austen died in 1817 at 41 from an ailment no-one has truly identified. After her death, Jane's sister and brother Henry, arranged to have Persuasion and Northanger Abbey published as a set in December 1817. Austen's books have been continuously in print since 1833. Adaptions of every kind, as well as sequels have been based on Austen's work. The first film version of her work starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson was Pride and Prejudice in 1940. Numerous other films, TV series and books, all based on the novels of Jane Austen will ensure that this great author will never be forgotten. She is buried in Winchester Cathedral and her brother James composed the epitaph which mentions "extraordinary endowments of her mind" but not her writing.
Emma has been the subject of many adaptations for film, TV, radio and the stage.
In Hindi Cinema
(Aisha was a carbon copy of Jane Austen’s novel Emma. The film was produced by Anil Kapoor and starred his daughter Sonam Kapoor and Abhay Deol in the lead roles. However, the movie wasn’t as good as the book and bombed at the box office.)
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