"Jane Austen's most endearing character, the disastrously self-assured matchmaker Emma Woodhouse. A fine cast, speedy pacing and playful direction make this a solid contender for the Austen sweepstakes."" Emma (1996 theatrical film) Emma is a 1996 period film based on the 1815 novel of the same name by Jane Austen. Written and directed by Douglas McGrath, the film stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Alan Cumming, Toni Collette, Ewan McGregor, and Jeremy Northam. The film describes a year in the life of Emma Woodhouse, a congenial but naïve young woman who thinks of herself as a romantic matchmaker in her small community in"
"Emma (novel) Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The story takes place in the fictional village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls, and Donwell Abbey and involves the relationships among individuals in those locations consisting of ""3 or 4 families in a country village"". The novel was first published in December 1815 while the author was alive, with its title page listing a publication date of 1816. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian–Regency England; she also"
"Emma Woodhouse Emma Woodhouse is the 21-year-old protagonist of Jane Austen's novel ""Emma"". She is described in the novel's opening sentence as ""handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and a happy disposition."" Jane Austen, while writing the novel, called Emma, ""a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like."" Emma is an independent, wealthy woman who lives with her father in their home Hartfield in the English countryside near the village of Highbury. The novel concerns her attempts to be a matchmaker among her acquaintances and her own romantic misadventures. Emma professes that she does not ever wish"
"Emma (1996 theatrical film) Emma is a 1996 period film based on the 1815 novel of the same name by Jane Austen. Written and directed by Douglas McGrath, the film stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Alan Cumming, Toni Collette, Ewan McGregor, and Jeremy Northam. The film describes a year in the life of Emma Woodhouse, a congenial but naïve young woman who thinks of herself as a romantic matchmaker in her small community in early-19th-century England. When her governess, Miss Taylor, gets married and goes to live with her new husband, Mr Weston, Emma proudly takes the credit for having brought the"
"main article: Emma (novel)"" Austen's classic comic novel follows the story of the ""handsome, clever and rich"" Emma Woodhouse. Dominating the small provincial world of Highbury, Emma believes she is a skilled matchmaker and repeatedly attempts to pair up her friends and acquaintances. Nothing delights her more than meddling in the love lives of others. But when she takes protégée Harriet Smith under her wing, her interference has a detrimental effect. Brought up sharply against the folly of her own immaturity, the consequent crisis and her bitter regrets are brought to a happy resolution in a comedy of self-deceit and"
"Emma"" “Jared's curly dirty-blond hair looks kind of like a lion's mane, if you squint your eyes. But that's not fair to lions, one of my favorite animals.” -""Super Emma"" Emma (series) The Emma books are a series for children by Sally Warner. The main character and narrator is Emma McGraw, a new kid who moved into California from Magdelana school. She has curly brown hair and wants to be a zoologist when she grows up. She is currently in third grade. She wishes that she would have normal, straight hair and not be divorced. Emma McGraw's best friend, and"
"Emma (series) The Emma books are a series for children by Sally Warner. The main character and narrator is Emma McGraw, a new kid who moved into California from Magdelana school. She has curly brown hair and wants to be a zoologist when she grows up. She is currently in third grade. She wishes that she would have normal, straight hair and not be divorced. Emma McGraw's best friend, and second main character of the series, is Annie Pat, a girl with bouncy curly red hair. Annie Pat shares Emma's interest in science; being a marine scientist is Annie Pat's"
"Emma (given name) Emma is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Germanic word ""ermen"" meaning whole or universal, and was originally a short form of Germanic names that began with ""ermen"". Emma is also used as a diminutive of Emmeline, Amelia or any other name beginning with ""em"". It was introduced to England by Emma of Normandy, who was the wife both of King Ethelred II (and by him the mother of Edward the Confessor) and later of King Canute. It was also borne by an 11th-century Austrian saint, who is sometimes called Hemma. After the Norman"
"thinking (to themselves!) of requesting. According to her autobiography, Emma's clairvoyant tendencies drew her into participation with a secret London occult society which used magnetics and clairvoyant techniques for experimental purposes. During this period, she was also exposed to sexism and economic discrimination through her involvement with a manipulative member of the society whom she later termed ""a baffled sensualist."" Although there is little reliable information on this London occult group, it is suspected that Emma received the name Hardinge from this society, the surname she kept throughout her adult life. She came to America and while in New York"
"out of a fairy tale book to keep her warm, a teenage boy approaches her and stops Emma from tearing the pages. He then shows her a story from the book - The Golden Age Compendium of Children's Fairy Tales - ""The Ugly Duckling"", to tell her that out of the bad things that she sees around her that great things will come her way. Emma agrees to return to the group home, and tells the woman who took her in that her last name was Swan. After they miss the opportunity to escape back to Storybrooke, Emma and Regina"
"conquest this name became common in England. It was revived in the 18th century, perhaps in part due to Matthew Prior's poem ""Henry and Emma"" (1709). It was also used by Jane Austen for the central character, the matchmaker Emma Woodhouse, in her novel ""Emma"" (1815). It has been among the top names given to baby girls in the United States, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Ireland, France, Sweden, Belgium, Russia, Canada, Australia, Norway, New Zealand, Hungary, Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain in the past 10 years. It began gaining popularity in the United Kingdom during the 1960s."
"then goes back to when Emma was a teenage servant at Fairley Hall, in rural Yorkshire. Her father, Jack, and two brothers, Winston and Frank, also work for the Fairley family. Jack and Frank work at the mill, and Winston works at the brickyard. After the death of his mother, Winston joins the navy, as he had wanted to since he was a child. As parlour maid, Emma sees a lot of the Fairley family and becomes friends with the younger son, Edwin. They bond over the deaths of their mothers. Emma also meets Blackie O'Neill, a wandering Irish navvy"
"Emma (2009 TV serial) Emma is a four-part BBC television drama serial adaptation of Jane Austen's novel ""Emma"", first published in 1815. The episodes were written by Sandy Welch, writer of previous BBC costume dramas ""Jane Eyre"" and ""North & South"", and directed by Jim O'Hanlon. The serial stars Romola Garai as the titular heroine Emma Woodhouse, Jonny Lee Miller as her loyal lifelong friend Mr. Knightley, and Michael Gambon as Emma's father, Mr. Woodhouse. The serial originally ran weekly on Sunday nights on BBC One from 4 to 25 October 2009. ""For an in-depth account of the plot, see"
"Mr. Weston Mr. Weston is a supporting character in Jane Austen's novel ""Emma"", written in 1815. He marries the governess of the heroine, Emma Woodhouse, and it is the arrival of his son, Frank Churchill, in Highbury that sets the events of the plot in motion. Born into a local Highbury family, rising from trade into gentility – what Ronald Blythe called “the park-like nirvana...the comic idealization of the country gentleman state” - Mr Weston used a small inheritance to seek an upwardly mobile short-cut, joining the militia as a Captain, and wooing and winning the daughter of a rich"
"which dwelt mostly on outdoor themes and stories of golden deeds in ancient and modern history. This reading bore fruit in the many interesting volumes to which Emma's name was attached. Her mother, Elizabeth Evans, was also of English descent, but her family record shows more practical business men than scholars. She herself had great executive ability and an energetic temperament. Her parents were Artemas and Margaret (Sargent) Evans. The latter, Emma's grandmother, lived to be more than a hundred years old, and when she was ninety-two had four sisters living who were over ninety. Only two of the five,"
"children, something to the new college (Harvard) then building at Cambridge, and to George Alcock, a student. Emma's father, John Frost Brown, for many years a leading bookseller in Concord, was an ardent lover of beauty, whether in nature or art. During her girlhood, as she took long outdoor tramps with him, he taught her to note the changing beauties of sky and land and sea, which in later years she was skilful in reproducing on canvas. During his busy life, he collected a large library of valuable books. He was a great reader himself, and he directed her reading,"
"needs someone to look after her, so the match seems ideal. The women become good friends, Emma moves in, and Laura gets her a job at Thompson's Mill. In March, Emma has a daughter and names her Edwina. As Emma must work to support herself and her child, Emma's cousin, Freda, takes Edwina. After a year of working two jobs, Emma makes enough money to rent a shop in Armley. This shop is a success, and Emma's business expands to a second shop, then a third. Not expecting to see the Fairleys, she is horrified when Edwin's brutish brother Gerald"
"from Megan, and next to Zach Norton, her crush. Emma explains that Darcy calls Megan, Becca, Ashley, and Jen ""The Fab Four"", which they think is so cute because they have a crush on both Darcy and Zach Norton. When Emma gets home, she eats dinner with her family in their pink kitchen. She explains that her father does all the cooking, that her mother is a terrible cook and she can't even boil water. She also explains that her mother is ""a Jane Austen freak"" or an ""Austen Nut"" and that her mother named her and her brother after"
"Austen’s Emma with the relentless self-analysis of Carrie Bradshaw you have a fair idea of the protagonist."""" The books are mostly narrated through Isabel's eyes from a limited third-person viewpoint. McCall Smith himself calls the series """"a little more focused"""" than ""The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency"", with """"a different register""."" Nonetheless, he believes that Precious Ramotswe and Isabel would get along: """"[Mma Ramotswe] would respect [Isabel] but she would probably tell her to relax a bit, drink a bit more tea, and sit out under a tree to chew the fat a bit more."""" The repeated presence of a"
"texts such as ""Recreating Jane Austen"" by John Wiltshire, ""Jane Austen in Hollywood"" edited by Troost and Greenfield, and ""Jane Austen and Co.: Remaking the Past in Contemporary Culture"" edited by Pucci and Thompson and Adapting Jane Austen: The Surprising Fidelity of 'Clueless' by William Galperin to name a few. Emma (novel) Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The story takes place in the fictional village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls, and Donwell Abbey and involves the relationships among individuals in those locations consisting of ""3"
"while Mr. Knightley can ride all the way to London while attracting any gossip. Wiltshire described the world that the women of Highbury live in as a sort of prison, writing in the novel ""...women's imprisonment is associated with deprivation, with energies and powers perverted in their application, and events, balls and outings are linked with the arousal and satisfaction of desire"". Emma unlike other heroines in Jane Austen's novels is a wealthy young lady having a personal fortune amounting to £30,000. Therefore, there is little pressure on her to find a wealthy partner. The novel is set in England,"
"about him relate to his preference for society in general over strong family ties, and (on Emma's part) to a certain unrestricted sociability on his part. Mr. Weston Mr. Weston is a supporting character in Jane Austen's novel ""Emma"", written in 1815. He marries the governess of the heroine, Emma Woodhouse, and it is the arrival of his son, Frank Churchill, in Highbury that sets the events of the plot in motion. Born into a local Highbury family, rising from trade into gentility – what Ronald Blythe called “the park-like nirvana...the comic idealization of the country gentleman state” - Mr"
"old. She has little fortune, however, and is destined to become a governess – a prospect she dislikes. The secret engagement goes against her principles and distresses her greatly. Harriet Smith, a young friend of Emma, just seventeen when the story opens, is a beautiful but unsophisticated girl. She has been a parlour boarder at a nearby school, where she met the sisters of Mr Martin. Emma takes Harriet under her wing early on, and she becomes the subject of Emma's misguided matchmaking attempts. She is revealed in the last chapter to be the natural daughter of a decent tradesman,"
"Emma Thompson Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress, screenwriter, activist, author and comedian. One of Britain's most acclaimed actresses, she is known for her portrayals of enigmatic women, often in period dramas and literary adaptations, and playing matronly characters with a sense of wit. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in London to English actor Eric Thompson and Scottish actress Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, where she became a member of"
"was ultimately unreceptive) and includes material taken also from her more philosophical letters in which she debated with William Godwin. The heroine, Emma, falls in love with Augustus Harley, who is the son of a dear friend, but lacking an income. Recognizing that he cannot afford marriage, she offers to live with him as his wife without getting married. Emma tells the Frend figure that her desire for him trumps every other consideration: reputation, status, and even chastity. In the most notorious statement in the book, Emma plays on Frend’s name: ‘My friend’, she cries, ‘I would give myself to"
"Health"" (also known as the ""Temple of Health"") for James Graham, a Scottish ""quack"" doctor. The establishment's greatest attraction was a bed through which electricity was passed, giving paying patrons mild shocks. This supposedly aided conception, and many infertile couples paid high prices to try it. At fifteen, Emma met Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh, who hired her for several months as hostess and entertainer at a lengthy stag party at Fetherstonhaugh's Uppark country estate in the South Downs. She is said to have entertained Harry and his friends by dancing in the nude on the dining room table. Fetherstonhaugh took Emma"
"whom had been in armed forces entertainment during the war. Emma's father Pete Townshend is the lead guitarist and principal songwriter of the rock band The Who. Pete Townshend has said that when his first daughter was born, ""the room was filled with angels,"" although he later speculated that this might have been an acid flashback. As a baby, her parents took her to Woodstock in a carrycot, and she was brought up following the teachings of the Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba. Emma studied history at King's College, Cambridge then specialised in history of science, receiving a Masters from"
"the predominant reasons Emma is able to live a comfortable and independent lifestyle is her gifted inheritance—given to her by a past family member—which allows her to depend on no one other than herself for a sustainable, wealthy, and self-sufficient life. Austen portrays Emma as educated and capable, and despite not constantly being in pursuit of/pursued by a man, is extremely popular and well-liked in her hometown of Highbury. Literary scholar Laurence Mazzeno addresses Austen's narrative in regard to female individualism and empowerment, stating, “…Austen deals honestly and with skill in treating relationships between men and women, and insists Austen"
"Emma gives birth to a daughter and names her Edwina. As Emma needs to work to support them, her cousin Freda takes Edwina. After a year of working at two jobs, Emma makes enough money to rent a shop in Armley, in which she sells fabrics, clothing, and luxury food goods. This shop is a success and Emma's business expands to two shops, then three. Not expecting to see the Fairleys, she is horrified when Edwin's vile brother Gerald visits. He has found her after seeing she worked at Thompsons' Mill, now owned by his father. He tells her that"
"Miss Bates Miss Bates is a supporting character in Jane Austen's novel ""Emma"". Shabby genteel, and a compulsive talker, she is memorably insulted on one occasion by the book's heroine, to the latter's almost immediate remorse. Living in genteel poverty with her ageing widow of a mother, and only one servant, Miss Bates was nonetheless on visiting terms with the best in Highbury society. At the same time, she was dependent on her neighbours for much support – pork from Mr. Woodhouse, apples from Mr Knightley. Those who see Austen as painting uncritically a rural Tory paradise should remember the"
"for services to drama. Emma Thompson Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress, screenwriter, activist, author and comedian. One of Britain's most acclaimed actresses, she is known for her portrayals of enigmatic women, often in period dramas and literary adaptations, and playing matronly characters with a sense of wit. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, three BAFTA Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Born in London to English actor Eric Thompson and Scottish actress Phyllida Law, Thompson was educated at Newnham College, University of Cambridge, where she"
"in America"". In the novel, the title-character, Emma, travels to America to find her lover, Henry, a British soldier. She is captured by American rebels, but released on George Washington's orders. She finds Henry, wounded by a poisoned arrow fired by an American 'Indian', and sucks out the venom, poisoning herself in the process. Henry dies and the fatally-ill Emma travels back to England with their child, to die. The novel was highly praised on its release and passed through many editions in several languages. Today, however, its principal significance is, firstly, its depiction of Anglo-American relations during the American"
"Fairfax and Frank Churchill plan a November wedding. Within a month, Emma and Mr. Knightley marry and, because Mr. Woodhouse can't face life without his daughter, Mr. Knightley gallantly moves in with Emma and her father at their estate, Hartfield. George Knightley George Knightley is a principal character depicted by Jane Austen in her novel ""Emma"", written in 1815. He is a landowner and gentleman farmer, though one (as the author slily informs us) ""having little spare money"". A lifetime friend of Emma's, though nearly seventeen years older than she, he enjoys correcting Emma, as Emma observes in chapter 1."