Author(s): Jane Austen

Classic Fiction

Emma Woodhouse is an heiress, a spoiled child and an incorrigible meddler. Having taken on the role of the village's self-appointed matchmaker, she dreams up scenarios that consistently fail and often with comical results. She meddles in the lives of her friends with near-disastrous results, all the while being blind to her own romantic feelings toward Mr. Knightly who, though not particularly handsome, is an excellent verbal sparring partner with whom she can match wits and social observations.