natural daughter of somebody
Emma may be the one telling this fairytale. It's like one of the 'romances' that Harriet herself reads
natural daughter of somebody
Emma may be the one telling this fairytale. It's like one of the 'romances' that Harriet herself reads
fair mistress of the mansion
Fairytale again! also lovely alliteration, Austen does enjoy it
full of pride and importance,
It's back to sounding like a fairytale, but could also be overheard gossip of Highbury
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.