Emma
Austen created a heroine who is smart, wrong, and forced to realize it — and in doing so wrote the most technically perfect novel in English.
“Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.”
Why It Matters
Austen created a heroine who is smart, wrong, and forced to realize it — and in doing so wrote the most technically perfect novel in English. Emma Woodhouse's self-deception and slow awakening set the template for every unreliable protagonist who thinks they understand the world better than they do. The novel's free indirect discourse — narrating from inside a character's flawed perspective — became a foundational technique of modern fiction.
The 
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Personal reviewEmma messing everything up is nice. A way more flawed character than Elizabeth. She really screeed over Harriet the whole time. Loved me Weston being really into diets. Also when Emma made a joke about bates talking too much
Notable Quotes
“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”
“I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.”