Study notes: Emma
Emma Woodhouse is clever, rich, and sure she knows best, so she tries matchmaking for her friends. Her plans go wrong in funny ways, and she slowly learns how little she understood the people around her, and herself.
Themes
Self-knowledge. Kindness and class. Meddling.
People to follow
Emma Woodhouse, Mr. Knightley, Harriet Smith, Frank Churchill, and Jane Fairfax.
Talk about
- Why does Emma like matchmaking?
- What does Mr. Knightley teach her?
- Which mistake hurts others most?
Public-domain text. First published in 1815; Jane Austen died in 1817, so this text is in the public domain in the US, Canada, the EU and India. Summary and notes written by ViralScopeHub.