Orphaned at an early age, Jane has been educated by her father’s friends, the Campbells. Meanwhile, Jane Fairfax, another accomplished and beautiful young woman, returns to Highbury to visit her aunt and grandmother, Miss Bates and Mrs. She resolves to never play matchmaker in the future. Emma realizes that personal pride in her judgment and her desires for Harriet blinded her to the real situation. Humiliated by Emma’s rejection of him and her attempt to pair him with Harriet, Mr. Harriet is heartbroken, and Emma mortified. Elton’s interest in Harriet were in fact intended for Emma herself. It turns out that all the signs that Emma has been interpreting as evidence of Mr. Knightley, a long-time friend and Emma’s brother-in-law, discourages Emma’s matchmaking efforts. Martin, a farmer whom Emma believes below Harriet, and she instead encourages her friend to admire Mr. She is convinced that her friend deserves a gentleman, though Harriet’s own parentage is unknown. Weston, a match that Emma views herself to have made, Emma befriends the lower class Harriet Smith and sets out to similarly assist her. When her governess marries the well-to-do widower Mr. Rich, beautiful, and privileged Emma Woodhouse fancies herself to be an excellent matchmaker.
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