4 Matching Annotations
  1. Dec 2022
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    1. natural daughter of somebody

      Emma may be the one telling this fairytale. It's like one of the 'romances' that Harriet herself reads

    2. fair mistress of the mansion

      Fairytale again! also lovely alliteration, Austen does enjoy it

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    1. full of pride and importance,

      It's back to sounding like a fairytale, but could also be overheard gossip of Highbury

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    1. handsome, clever, and rich

      This starts like a fairytale and Emma is the princess. But who is telling us this tale? Is this how Emma sees herself? How her society sees her? We learn as we go into the novel that Emma isn't as perfect as she's percieved.