Summary The day after the party Emma is still delighted but so chagrined at Jane’s musical ability that she sits and practices “vigorously an hour and a half” before Harriet comes in. The latter’s references to the Martins make Emma feel obliged to accompany her, as protection, to Ford’s shop. […]
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Summary Frank returns from London and evidences no discomposure about the purpose of the trip; but Emma is ready not only to overlook that but also to wonder how soon, in light of his possible feeling for her, she should “throw coldness into her air” toward him. When she reaches […]
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Summary The next morning Frank comes again with Mrs. Weston, and Emma decides to form her opinion of him by his behavior toward his stepmother. As the three of them tour Highbury by foot, he shows a liking for everything, and Emma is won over. As they pass the Crown […]
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Summary Harriet’s visit to the Martins goes as Emma has hoped, for she picks up Harriet just as the acquaintance is about to become intimate again. On the way home they meet Mr. and Mrs. Weston, who have news that Frank Churchill will arrive the next day to stay an […]
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Summary Coming the next morning on business with Mr. Woodhouse, George Knightley gives his approbation to Emma for being so pleasant toward Jane, though the two disagree about the reason for Jane’s reserve. He is about to give Emma a piece of news when he is interrupted by the arrival […]
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Summary Emma and Harriet are walking one morning when they approach the house of Mrs. and Miss Bates. Though the latter is an inveterate and compulsive talker who in all kindness gives indiscriminate attention to the trivial and the important and who therefore is disliked by Emma, Emma decides that […]
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Summary With improved weather the John Knightleys leave for London, and on the same evening a note comes from Mr. Elton to Mr. Woodhouse, stating that at the entreaties of friends he is leaving in the morning for Bath and will not get to come by Hartfield before he goes. […]
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Summary Emma is ready for bed, her hair curled and the maid sent away. She can now evaluate the evening’s events and consider “the evil to Harriet.” She wonders “How she could have been so deceived!” and reviews all the events in connection with Harriet, including the earlier caution that […]
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Summary When the gentlemen join the ladies in the drawing room, Mr. Elton immediately seats himself on the sofa between Emma and Mrs. Weston and becomes so vocally anxious about Emma’s escaping the throat infection that, in her vexation, she admits that his entreaties appear “exactly like the pretence of […]
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Summary Upon their arrival at the Westons’ home, Emma’s tendency toward enjoyment asserts itself and she determines to think “as little as possible of Mr. Elton’s oddities.” But he compounds her vexation by placing himself close to her at the first opportunity, and for the first time Emma wonders if […]
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