oftentimes strays outside of the social norms of that time period. Her last novel that was published during her lifetime, Emma, is about a twenty-one-year-old girl living in a small town outside of London with her father who is a very stubborn and unbending man. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is not very interested in becoming a married woman—although it is expected of her to do so. In response to this idea, she spends her free time pairing up her female friends with eligible bachelors from all…
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