Emma
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Jane Austen's is a novel of courtship. Like all of Austen's novels, it centers around the marriage plot: who will marry whom? For what reasons will they marry? Love, practicality, or necessity? At the center of the story is the title character, Woodhouse, a heiress who lives with her widowed fath ....
Middle of paper
.... provide for the boy. Without Miss Taylor as a companion, adopts the orphan Harriet Smith as a protégé. Harriet lives at a nearby boarding school where she was raised, and knows nothing of her parents. advises the innocent Harriet in virtually all things, including the people with whom she should interact. She suggests that Harriet not spend time with the Martins, a local family of farmers whose son, Robert, is interested in Harriet. Instead, plans to play matchmaker for Harriet ....
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Word count: 1500
Page count: 6 (approximately 250 words per page)
