Emma Woodhouse has lived for 21 years in a comfortable home and happy disposition. Her mother died long ago and she had a governess, Miss Taylor, who died recently. Emma and Miss Taylor had been friends for 16 years. Miss Taylor married Mr. Weston. Emma mourned the loss of her friend.

Mr. Weston was born of a respectable family. He married Miss Churchill, of a great Yorkshire family, who had fallen in love with him. Mr. and Mrs. Churchill were not happy with the marriage. Mrs. Weston's husband died after three years of marriage.

Mr. Woodhouse liked to have his friends come and see him. He had not much intercourse with any families beyond his circle. Emma persuaded some of the chosen and the best to dine with him. The Westons, Mr. Knightley, and Mr. Elton came to visit him. Mrs. Bates and Mrs. Goddard were fetched and carried home by invitation from Hartfield.

Mrs. Weston wanted Harriet Smith as a walking companion. Harriet couldn't tell Emma who Harriet's parents were. Mrs. Weston didn't want two women as close as Harriet and Mrs. Goddard. Harriet's father never went beyond the shrubbery, so Emma wanted a companion for her.

Emma and Harriet Smith have a great intimacy. Mr. Knightley thinks it's a bad thing. Mrs. Weston thinks it will do them both good. Emma wants Harriet to read more. Emma and Harriet will read together.

Emma has given Harriet's fancy a proper direction and raised the gratitude of her young vanity to a very good purpose. Emma is convinced that Mr. Elton's falling in love with Harriet. He talked of Harriet warmly and praised her. Emma wants Harriet's picture.

Mr. Martin left a parcel for Emma at Mrs. Goddard's. It contained a letter from Mr. Martin to Emma with a proposal of marriage. Emma read the letter and was surprised by the style of the letter. Mr. Elton is determined not to lose any thing for want of asking.

Harriet slept at Hartfield that night. Mr. Knightley called and spent some time with Mr. Woodhouse and Emma, but he will go out for a quarter of an hour to take his winter walk. He will be joined by his daughter, Emma.

Mr. Knightley was displeased with Emma, but she could not quarrel with herself. The Picture came safely to hand soon after Mr. Elton's return. Harriet collects and transcribes all the riddles into a thin quarto of hot-pressed paper, made up by her friend.

Emma had a visit to a poor sick family on the morrow. Emma and Harriet were going to visit Mr. Elton, who lives in Vicarage Lane. They were passing the old and not very good house, but it had been smartened up by the present proprietor. Harriet had never been inside it before.

Mr. Elton is left to himself. Emma's sister's family is coming to visit. Mr. and Mrs. John Knightley have been absent from Surry for a long time. Their holidays were divided between Hartfield and Donwell Abbey. Their children were on holiday at sea-bathing.

Mr. Knightley was invited to dinner with Emma and Isabella's family. Mr. Woodhouse didn't want him to come, but Emma's sense of right won out. They had once quarrelled. Emma had one of the children with her. He was fond of her.

Mrs. John Knightley spent Christmas at Hartfield with her family. They had a dinner engagement at Randalls. Mr. Weston, Emma, Mr. Woodhouse, Harriet, Elton and Mr. Knightley were the only people invited to meet them. Harriet had a feverish and sore throat, so she couldn't leave the house to go to the dinner.

Emma enjoys spending time with the Westons. Mr. Elton and John Knightley find it difficult to change their demeanour when they enter Mrs. Weston's drawing-room. Harriet's cold had been gone through before Emma's arrival. Emma's father and Isabella came to visit her.

Mr. Woodhouse was ready for tea. Mr. Elton joined Mrs. Weston and Emma on a sofa. He was anxious about her friend, Harriet. Emma was vexed by his solicitude about her. He pretended to be in love with her.

Emma was fooled into thinking she was in love with Mr. Elton, when in fact she had only persuaded Harriet into liking him. She had often thought his manners to herself unnecessarily gallant, but she had never suspected it to mean anything other than respect for her as Harriet's friend.

Mr. and Mrs. John Knightley were not detained long at Hartfield. Mr. Woodhouse had tried to persuade his daughter to stay behind with all her children, but she refused. The evening on which they went, Mr. Elton wrote a note to his father, informing him that he was leaving Highbury the next morning and going to Bath for a few weeks. Emma was surprised by this.

Mr. Frank Churchill didn't come to Randalls. Mrs. Weston was disappointed. Emma was disappointed too, but tried to cheer up the situation by talking about the advantages of Frank's coming to their society in Surry and the gala-day.

Emma visited Mrs. and Miss. Bates at their home. They were visited by Miss Woodhouse and her daughter. They received them warmly and were well-wbehaved. Mrs. Cole had a sweet-cake from the beaufet.

Lieut. Fairfax died in action abroad and left behind his wife and one daughter. Jane Fairfax was left orphaned at the age of three. Colonel Campbell offered to take care of her education. She lived with him and his family until she was nine.

Mr. Knightley and Mr. Woodhouse enjoyed the party at Hartfield. Emma and Miss Fairfax entertained them with good music and good conversation. Emma's father thinks she is too attentive and civil for guests. Emma doesn't see it.

Mr. Elton met Augusta Hawkins in Highbury and fell in love with her. He went away to find the right lady for her, but came back engaged to another one. He came back gay and self-satisfied, eager and busy.

Harriet visited Mrs. Goddard's. She had to see a trunk, which was to be delivered to The Rev. Philip Elton, White-Hart, Bath. When they reached the farm, Harriet was looking around with a sort of fearful curiosity. Emma didn't allow the visit to exceed the proposed quarter of an hour. She went on herself to give that portion of time to an old servant who was married, and settled in Donwell. Miss Smith received her summons without delay.

The next morning Frank Churchill came with Mrs. Weston and they walked to the house arm in arm. Emma was surprised to see them together. They walked for an hour or two around the shrubberies of Hartfield and afterwards in Highbury. Frank wanted to be introduced to the whole village.

Frank Churchill went to London to have his hair cut. His father called him a coxcomb. Mrs. Weston didn't approve of it. Emma's friend liked Frank Churchill. Emma is not in love with Frank Churchill, but she will never marry him.

Frank Churchill came back again and had his hair cut. He was undaunted and as lively as ever. Emma will see him again on Tuesday. Emma's father's comfort was amply secured. Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Goddard and Mrs. Cole were able to come.

Emma enjoyed her visit to the Coles. She regrets that she told Jane Fairfax's feelings to Frank Churchill. She also regrets the inferiority of her own playing and singing. She practised for an hour and a half. Harriet praised her.

Emma and Frank Churchill are visiting Mrs. Weston and Jane Fairfax. Frank Churchill is a silversmith. He has been helping Jane Fairfax with her pianoforte. Jane is not ready to play it yet, but the first bars of the piece are very good.

Mr. Churchill and Mr. Woodhouse wanted to dance again at Randalls. They arranged a dance at Mr. Cole's. The same party should be collected, and the same musician engaged. Mrs. Weston will play as long as they want to dance.

The ball was fixed for a day within the granted term of Frank Churchill's stay in Surry. Mr. Knightley was indifferent about the ball. Emma enjoyed the thought of the ball to an extraordinary degree and was angry about it.

Emma is in love with Frank Churchill, but she doesn't want to be more than she is. She is contented with her view of his feelings. If he comes again, she will be on guard not to encourage his affection.

Mrs. Elton was first seen at church. Emma went to pay her respects. Harriet went with her. Emma didn't like the lady. She suspected that for a young woman, a stranger, a bride, there was too much ease. Emma thought that the woman was better off than the man.

Mrs. Elton is self-important, presuming, familiar, ignorant, ignorant and ill-bred. She had a little beauty and a little accomplishment, but so little judgment that she thought herself coming with superior knowledge of the world, to enliven and improve a country neighbourhood. Her husband was proud of having brought such a woman to Highbury as not even Miss Woodhouse could equal her. Her feelings towards Emma changed towards her. She became cold and distant.

Mr. Elton and his wife are getting married. They will be living in the country from Monday next to Saturday. Emma will organize a dinner at Hartfield for the Eltons, Westons and Knightley. Mr. Woodhouse will not sit at the bottom of the table.

Mrs. Elton and Mrs. Weston were always talking together or silent together after dinner. They were discussing the post-office, catching cold, fetching letters, and friendship. Mrs. Bragge's is the house Jane would like to see in the summer.

Mr. Weston hopes to introduce his son Frank Churchill to Mrs. Elton. Frank Churchill will be in town next week or sooner. Mrs. Churchill is coming directly to Enscombe from Yorkshire, because she has not been well the whole winter.

Emma is worried about Frank Churchill. He came to Highbury for a couple of hours. They met with the utmost friendliness. He was in high spirits, but he was not without agitation. Emma suspects he is less in love than he had been.

Emma and Frank Churchill were going to a ball at the Crown. Mr. Weston wanted Emma to come as soon as possible to check the rooms before anyone else. Emma was going to spend some time in Frank Churchill's company. Frank Churchill, Emma, and a family of old friends came to the Crown early. Emma liked Frank Churchill.

Emma and Mr. Knightley had a good time at the ball. They had an argument with the Eltons. Frank Churchill came to the ball with Harriet, who fainted. Emma was not to see Frank Churchill this morning as he was going to be home by the middle of the day.

Harriet came to Emma one morning with a parcel. She confessed to Emma that she had been in love with a man for a long time. She would rather not see him now. She does not envy his wife. Harriet will destroy the parcel in Emma's presence.

June opened upon Hartfield. The Eltons were still talking of a visit from the Sucklings. Jane Fairfax was still at her grandmother's. Mr. Knightley suspected Frank Churchill of some double dealing in his pursuit of Emma. He had seen a look, more than a single look, at Miss Fairfax, which seemed out of place.

Mr. and Mrs. Suckling couldn't come to Highbury, so Mrs. Elton and Mr. Weston decided to go to Box Hill with two or three other people in the morning and explore the place. They will go there again with them in the autumn.

Mr. Weston, Emma, Harriet, Frank Churchill, Miss Bates and her niece, with the Eltons, Mr. Knightley, and Mr. Woodhouse went to Box Hill together. Mr. Weston tried to make them harmonise better, but they separated into parties.

Emma regrets her trip to Box Hill. She spent the whole evening playing backgammon with her father. She will call her the next morning to confess her sins to her. Emma saw Donwell as she walked up the stairs, but he was not there.

Mr. Knightley is going to London to spend a few days with John and Isabella. Emma has been to call on Mrs. and Miss Bates. Emma's father praises her for coming to visit them. He took Emma's hand and was about to say something to her when he let it go.

Mrs. Churchill died ten days after Mrs. Churchill's death. Mr. Weston asked Emma to come to Randalls at any time this morning to see Mrs. Weston, who was agitated and wanted to talk to her alone. Emma and her father agreed to go together. They left the house together and were on their way for Randalls.

Emma is angry with Frank Churchill. She feels guilty that she encouraged Harriet's admiration for him. She wishes she could have prevented the indulgence and increase of Harriet's feelings for Frank Churchill and for Jane Fairfax. Jane's health and well-being is under cure.

Emma's happiness depends on being first with Mr. Knightley, first in interest and affection. She had herself been first with him for many years past. He loved her, and watched over her from a girl, with an endeavour to improve her and an anxiety for her doing right. He was shocked by her behaviour to Miss Bates. Emma hopes Harriet might be overrating his regard for her.

Emma and Mr. Knightley met in the garden after dinner. They walked together, but he was silent and didn't talk cheerfully. Emma is afraid he might have been communicating his plans to his brother and was pained by the manner in which they had been received.

Emma and Mr. Woodhouse had a meeting with Mr. Knightley. Emma was in a state of happiness. She was worried about her father and Harriet. She decided to stay with her father even though she had a fever.

Emma read a letter written by Mr. Knightley to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Weston. She wanted him to read it to her. Mr. Weston was going to call in the evening and she had to return it by him.

Emma and Harriet didn't have to meet. Harriet had a toothache and went to the dentist. Mrs. John Knightley was happy to take care of her. Emma could enjoy Mr. Knightley's visits. Emma wanted to talk to Harriet about her engagement to her father.

Mrs. Weston is going to have a daughter. Emma is happy for her. Mr. Knightley and Miss Taylor advised her to be more lenient with her children than she had been with Miss Taylor. Emma had to correct Miss Taylor's indulgence.

Mr. Knightley has some bad news for Emma. Harriet Smith marries Robert Martin. Robert Martin left him half an hour ago. Emma likes it as little as she feared, but she wishes their opinions were the same.

Emma is happy for Harriet. Robert Martin has replaced Mr. Knightley as Harriet's boyfriend. Harriet's parentage is that of a tradesman's daughter. Harriet is rich enough to afford her the comfortable maintenance. Harriet liked Robert Martin, and he loved her.