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{{quote|"''With insufferable vanity had she believed herself in the secret of every body's feelings; with unpardonable arrogance [[Fan-Preferred Couple|proposed to arrange every body's destiny]]. She was proved to have been [[Ship Sinking|universally mistaken]]; and she had not quite done nothing — for she had done [[Shipping|mischief]].''"}}
Written in 1815, '''''Emma''''' is a novel that takes a slightly different take on [[Jane Austen]]'s typical romantic novel, particularly in the fact that the heroine herself is a [[Rich Bitch]].
[[Emma/Characters|Emma Woodhouse]], who has been spoiled ever since she was a small child, had always had a penchant for ordering the world as she sees fit. So when she meets the [[Good Is Dumb|sweet and pretty but slightly slow]] young Harriet, she decides that she will set up Harriet with a husband worthy of her feminine charms. [[Hilarity Ensues]], with [[Zany Scheme|zany schemes]], terrible misunderstandings, gossip gone awry and, of course, since this is a Jane Austen novel, Emma needing to realize that {{spoiler|her [[First Girl Wins|oldest friend, Mr. Knightley]], is actually the man that she loves. But will she realize it in time, or will she lose him to another woman?}}
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Not to be confused with the manga ''[[Victorian Romance Emma]]''.
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* [[An Aesop]]: [[Shipping]] is evil; [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|don't do it]].
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: {{spoiler|Mr. Knightley and Emma.}}
* [[Break the Haughty]]: Happens to Emma. She is a very endearing character - open, sweet, generous, witty, energetic, a loyal friend and a devoted daughter; but she is also what by modern standards might fairly be called a snob.
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* {{spoiler|[[May-December Romance]]: Mr. Knightley is 16 years older than Emma.}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Well, he's not called Mr. [[Knight in Shining Armor|Knight]]ley for nothing.
▲* [[The Minnesota Fats]]: Jane, to Emma.
* [[Missing Mom]]: Mrs. Woodhouse died when Emma was very little.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Emma, close to the end of the book, realises she was basically wrong about everything and other people had paid for it (see page quote). Moreover, her [[Green-Eyed Epiphany]] is stimulated by a girl whom ''she'' has encouraged in the first place, making this a [[My God, What Have I Done?|"Oh God! that I had never seen her"]] case.
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