Jane Emma Research Paper

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in literature. She is known for her works like PRIDE AND PREJUDICE,SENSE AND SENSIBILITY,MANSFIELD PARK etc.Emma by Jane Austen is a romantic novel set in the 19th century England and is told from Emma’s point of view.Emma,the author says, is a twenty one year old clever, rich girl, she spends most of her time with her friends. Emma has no work and she is most of the times idle, so, she takes to new tasks everyday.Since, she got her maid married to a gentleman, Emma starts considering herself as the perfect matchmaker. When Harriet Smith, a young girl from a village comes to stay with

Emma’s sister Isabella is married in a rich family, she too doesn’t work, she is a mother whose most of the time is spent in taking care of her child most women in the novel are busy socializing or partying but nobody really is an intellectual. Frank Churchill is a new gentleman who came to Highbury town and Emma liked him for Harriet, she is manipulative and tries to make the match but Harriet and Frank were not interested in each other, Jane Fairfax,a young,beautiful,intelligent girl also comes to the town, she does not have a rich father and Emma was fairly jealous of her because Jane got the attention of her friends for being attractive and intelligent, This also shows that Emma was comfortable with people who were inferior to her in class and were gullible enough to listen to Emma, Jane was a confident girl and she had a mind of her own, this irked Emma who liked people coming to her for advice and who followed her like her pets.Mr. Knightley, who was Emma’s friend, guides her throughout the novel and criticizes her snobbish