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Emma by Jane Austen

Emma is about a girl who is rich and lives with only her father at their big estate. Emma's mother died long ago and Emma lives with her father and governess. Her governess is her friend but there is a sad goodbye when her governess gets married.
Emma's father is protective of Emma and he insists that she must get married. But Emma laughs and says that she will never marry. One day, Emma thinks that she noticed that Mr. Elton was in love with her friend Harriet. So she tells Harriet and Harriet begins to like Mr. Elton. When Emma was going home in a carriage with Mr. Elton, he says that he likes Emma and he never thought of liking Harriet Smith before. Emma is enraged and refuses to talk to Mr. Elton. When she gets home, she feels guilty that she made Harriet happy and excited when really, Mr. Elton didn't like Harriet at all. But Emma tells Harriet what happened and Harriet gets ill and depressed.
Mr. Elton goes away to an estate called Bath for a vacation. When he comes back, he is married to a girl named Augusta Hawkins. Augusta is too proud and is very rich so no one likes her except Jane Fairfax.
Jane Fairfax was a rich orphan who lived with her aunt and was cousin to Emma. Everyone loved Jane Fairfax and she was rather delicate. She grew sick easily but was always made sure to be looked after by everyone.
Emma grows very tired of Mrs. Elton because she always compliments herself and the only other thing she talks about is Jane. Mrs. Elton is quick and soon realizes that Emma doesn't like her. And when she finds out that Emma was the one who caused Harriet to like her husband, she hates Emma and Harriet even more. But Emma doesn't mind and is quite glad that she got rid of Mrs. Elton.
Harriet gets better eventually and Emma tells her that Mr. Elton was only after money anyway. Harriet tells Emma that she likes somebody but before she can say anything more, Emma hushes her and tells her that she knows who Harriet likes already. Emma thought that it was Frank Churchill but actually, it was John Knightely who was courting Emma.
When Emma finds out that Frank was engaged to Jane Fairfax for a long period of time and that they were to be married, she feels terrible because she still thought that Harriet liked him. So when she asked Harriet how she felt about the whole matter, Harriet said that she was very happy for them and Harriet didn't even feel bad. So when Emma asks her if she doesn't care even though she liked Frank, Harriet is surprised and tells Emma that she never liked Frank Churchill and that she liked Mr. Knightely.
Emma then tells her that they were courting and they are engaged. Harriet doesn't fall ill this time and she decides to like Mr. Martin. Mr. Martin and Harriet are soon engaged and everyone lives happily ever after.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1600-1899
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Unmarried Love Triangle? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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