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This Jane Austen novel begins with twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse comfortably dominating the social order in the village of Highbury, convinced that she has both the understanding and the right to manage other people’s lives—for their own good, of course. Her well-meant interfering centers... read more
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The story, set in the countryside of England, revolves around the life of Emma Woodhouse, her father, Mr. Knightley and other residents of Highbury. Emma who takes care of her hypochondriac father, and has decided not to get married herself, likes to meddle in peoples' love lives. One such... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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“Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another!”
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Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.
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