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Jane Fairfax: The Secret Story of the Second Heroine in Jane Austen's Emma (edit title)

by Joan Aiken (Author) (edit contributors)

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Jane Austen's Emma has been a favorite novel for Austenites since 1816. In the mid-1990s it became a favorite movie for millions of new admirers. A key reason for Emma's success is that the story has two heroines-Emma Woodhouse and Jane Fairfax. In Austen's novel, Jane's backgound is left... read more

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The marriage of Miss Jane Bates to Lieutenant Fairfax was accompanied by the usual good omens: church bells rang, the sun shone, and many handkerchiefs were waved.

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  1. Joan Aiken (Author)

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