When was emma woodhouse born

Austen briefly attended boarding school in Reading but received the majority of her education at home. According to rumor, she had a brief love affair when she was twenty-five, but it did not lead to a marriage proposal. Two years later she accepted and then quickly rejected a proposal.

She remained unmarried for the rest of her life. Austen began writing stories at a very young age and completed her first novel in her early twenties.

However, she did not publish until , when Sense and Sensibility appeared anonymously, -followed by Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park Northanger Abbey and Persuasion appeared posthumously. She is known for her gently satirical portraits of village life and of the rituals of courtship and marriage, but she wrote during the Romantic period, when most major writers were concerned with a very different set of interests and values. Emma decides to take Harriet under her wing and help her find a good husband.

However, Emma's pride prevents her from seeing a good match for Harriet in the person of Robert Martin, a respected farmer and the initial and ultimate romantic interest of Harriet.

Instead, Emma encourages Harriet to foster affections for Mr Elton, the village vicar, which ends disastrously. However, naive Harriet does not blame Emma for her mortification, and the two remain friends. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Emma, Harriet develops a crush on Mr Knightley after he asks her to dance when Mr Elton has refused to. Emma, on the other hand, believes that Harriet holds a secret regard for Frank, says that she should not give up hope because there have been many other happy though unequal matches.

When Emma discovers the truth, she is both appalled and dismayed, which leads to her revelation that she has been in love with Knightley all along.

Elton's relationship to Jane Fairfax parodies Emma's relationship to Harriet. Mr Woodhouse , Emma's father, is a hypochondriac and is so paranoid about his own and others' health that he is nearly helpless.

He is against eating cake, going outside, attending parties, and getting married, among other things, on the grounds that these might damage the health. As a result, Emma takes on the role of caretaker for him, as he is incapable of exerting parental influence or even taking care of himself. Mr Woodhouse is fond of and attached to his daughters, who are likewise affectionate toward him. With Isabella married, Emma took it upon herself to remain at Hartfield and take care of her father.

Emma's consideration towards her father is one of her redeeming attributes. She and Emma love each other and are close friends. She serves as a mother figure for Emma and often gives her advice. Emma admires Mrs Weston as wise and virtuous, and looks up to her. In not befriending Miss Fairfax, Emma does her the gross disservice of leaving her to Mrs. Elton, a circumstance that Mr. Knightley and Mrs. Even in her fantasy of an ideal situation for Miss Fairfax, Mrs. In the midst of praising her for her talents, leave it to Mrs.

In an attempt to dazzle Jane with the splendors in store for her as governess to Mrs. Bragge, cousin of Mr. Suckling of Maple Grove, Mrs. You may imagine how desirable!

Augusta Elton is reminding Jane, and everyone else assembled, that a wax candle was a luxury item to a governess. Elton invites Jane and her family to dinner and is one of the benefactors of her aunt and grandmother, she may well fear alienating Mrs.

Elton for their sakes; indeed, it would be self-indulgent to do so. Knowing herself to be yet another mouth to feed, with Spartan self-denial, Jane eats as little as possible from their table. Both times when she is clearly unwell, Jane does everything she can to discourage Miss Bates from calling in Mr. Perry , No doubt Miss Fairfax considers the costs, as her aunt has done, additional expenses they both know Mrs. Knightley would at least equally apply to herself. Having grown up in the lap of luxury, as Emma has, Frank Churchill seems to be no better at understanding the less fortunate.

Frank considers Mr. Not having given the matter much thought, Frank, like Emma, assumes comfortable circumstances for those around him. Though procured with an evident desire to please, the piano seems an impractical, exaggerated gesture when one considers the pressing financial concerns of the Bates household and the austerity in which they live.

Knightley comments that the gift of the piano may have given no more pleasure than it caused pain The thoughtful Mrs. Dixon seems to have done much better by sending Mrs.

Although Frank gives every indication of being a master of manipulation, he is apparently unable to cajole Mrs. Churchill into the idea of allowing him to choose his own wife, or perhaps he is unwilling to run the risk of possibly alienating her by trying. Emma has a maid to curl her hair , as does Mrs. Elton , but Miss Bates lets it slip that Jane, no longer afforded the privileges of living with the wealthy Campbells, is reduced to arranging her hair as best she can Granted, they have so little in common.

Wallis, Mrs. Ford, and John Saunders are also benefactors of Mrs. Indeed, supplying the poverty-stricken Bates household seems to be a communal effort, and one does have to wonder what Miss Bates, her mother, and the overworked Patty would have to eat should the bounty of the countryside cease to flow in.

Even given the general good will, Mrs. Bates, Miss Bates, and Jane Fairfax are occasionally overlooked or slighted. When the Coles have a dinner party, Miss Bates and Miss Fairfax are not invited until later in the evening, after the food has been eaten and cleared away Woodhouse favors. It must have been very frustrating to them to survey the bounty of Mr. It seems particularly distressing to Miss Bates when, due to Mr. Bates was likely to get that day or for many days, certainly not until invited to dine with her affluent friends again.

Indeed, these expenses seem to weigh on her mind and present themselves in Freudian slips. Miss Bates scrimps and saves wherever she can and is constantly alert to any small extravagance. She considers coffee and asparagus to be luxury items, is surprised to have soup as a side dish, and is amazed to see a profusion of candles in use or a large fire in the fireplace , Miss Bates is even impressed by the relatively meager salary being offered to Jane Fairfax as a governess , and, as Mr.

Knightley is aware, when Mrs. Although Mr. Unable to return dinner invitations, Mrs. Bates and her daughter serve their guests tea and cake , probably the best culinary offerings their limited means could normally afford. When in possession of a quantity of pork, a gift from Emma and Mr. Woodhouse, Miss Bates is already considering inviting Mrs. Goddard in to share in their bounty , just as she invites her friends in to enjoy the apples she has received from Mr.

Knightley Who owns the property where the Martins live? Knightley Mr. Woodhouse Mr. John Knightley. What is the name of the estate where Emma lives? Who first suspects that Frank and Jane have a secret attachment? Emma Mrs. Knightley Miss Bates. What is the second Mrs. She is his stepmother. She is his mother-in-law. She is his aunt. She is his former governess. What is the name of the man Mr. Woodhouse relies on for medical advice? Wingfield Mr. Suckling Mr. Perry Mr. Where does the ball take place?