The book is about the protagonist's (Emma's) determination to arrange marriages for her friends. The author of this book is the world famous Jane Austen . Jane Austen is known to be a English novelist that writes romantic fictions. She was born into a very tight-knit family and soon she had steady flow of support from her family to succeed as a writer. She began publishing books in her early adulthood, and they were received with great regard. She wrote many other book, which I hope to read in the near future, like Pride and Prejudice. In early 1816 Jane Austen began to feel unwell, though she tried to ignore her illness at first,her family saw her declining condition. She suffered from a physical disease called that is related to drinking unpasteurized milk. She then died in 1817 at the young age of 41.
From researching Jane Austen's life I can definitely draw a connection to her early life and to the plot of Emma. Emma is the protagonist character and she is from a high class in society with strong family bonds just like Jane herself. Emma is a very headstrong, determined individual, this I found were qualities that I admired . These qualities were clearly evident as she began her mission in match making. Emma took it opon herself to match her dear friend (Harriet) with another of her companions (Mr. Elton). She planned everything she could to bring both them together ,she even convinced herself that would marry! I found this part of the novel to be very amusing as Emma even succeed in portraying Harriet to be more intelligent and socially higher then she even was. What I found to be a disappointing trait in Emma is that she judges people on there social status and intelligence. I found that to be quite mean as at one stage in the novel she disproved of Harriet marrying Mr.Martin as she said he was just 'a mere farmer'. Overall the character of Emma was one that was very intriguing and she played a big part in my enjoyment of the novel.
As I have said before, in the novel, Emma develops a liking of match making. Throughout the novel she vowed to find a husband for Harriet and to never marry herself. Little did she know that her love (Mr.Knightley) was just infront of her eyes! I found the way in which Emma finds out she loves him is very amusing. It was all quite complicated , as Harriet had said to Emma that she thinks she has found her love, but to Emmas disappointment Harriet would not tell her who. But one day as Mr.Knightley left for London, Harriet finally told Emma that she indeed liked Mr.Knightley. This shocked Emma and it finally made Emma realise her true feelings for Mr.Knightley. When Mr.Knightley arrived back and visited Highbury he came back with the news that he too was in love. Oh course, Emma thought he had fallen for Harriet and she was then terribly upset, but he then explained that it was Emma he loved! This upset Harriet for a while but soon after did she find herself engaged to Mr.Martin and man that asked for her hand in marriage again!
By the end of the book, things had worked out even better then Emma had ever imagined. Both her and Harriet were engaged and she and Mr. Knightely were staying at Highbury for her fathers well-being and happiness! I liked this book and I would rate it at 7/10.
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