Emma Woodhouse is a wealthy and attractive young woman who takes pleasure in meddling in the romantic lives of her friends and neighbors. Despite her confidence in her matchmaking skills, her efforts are often misguided and result in a series of embarrassing mistakes.
SUMMARY
EMMA - JANE AUSTEN
Of all Austen’s novels, Emma is the most consistently comic in tone. It centres on Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy, pretty, self-satisfied young woman who indulges herself with meddlesome and unsuccessful attempts at matchmaking among her friends and neighbours. After a series of humiliating errors, a chastened Emma finds her destiny in marriage to the mature and protective George Knightley, a neighbouring squire who had been her mentor and friend.
WOMEN IN VICTORIAN AGE (1837/1901)
TRAVEL
ISABELLA BIRD'S STORY.
ONLY WEALTHY CLASS
VERY EXPENSIVE
WOMEN'S PREGNANCIES
UNDERAGED WOMEN.
CHILDREN FOR HEIRS.
UNHAPPY CHILDHOOD.
POOR CONDITIONS
FAMILY ACTIVITIES
WOMEN'S CLASSES
-LOWER CLASS
HEAVY JOBS.
HARD TIME LIVING.
-MIDDLE CLASS
EASY JOBS.
-WEALTHY CLASS
NO DIFFICULTIES.
PROSTITUTION
RISKS: VENEREAL DISEASES (SYPHILIS)
-GIRLS IN LOWER CLASS (12/18 YEARS OLD): 20 POUNDS.