Emma is the last book I read in English. It is a romantic novel and sometimes a comedy.
It was wrote by Jane Austen. She was a famous English novelist. Austen wrote
only six novels because she died when she was forty one.
First of all, I chose this book because I read other
of her and I like them a lot.
The story is about Emma's life. She is
beautiful, clever and rich. She lives in Highbury close to London. Emma's
mother died when she was only five, then she lived with her father Mr Woodhouse,
and he found Miss Taylor to live with them at Hardfield and look after the
children.
When she was nearly twenty one years old, Emma introduced
her neighbour Mr Weston to Miss Taylor.
She thought that they were a pretty couple. And soon, they got married and Mrs
Weston went to live with them. Emma and his father were alone again.
She likes to arrange marriages between her
friends and neightbours, but sometimes she makes mistakes.
Firstly, she wanted to arrange a wedding match
between her best friend Harriet and Mr
Elton, the vicar. She believed that the vicar loved Harriet, although, she was
wrong, Mr Elton loved her instead of Harriet. He declared his love but Emma
refused him. A few weeks later, he got married to Augustas Hawkins. Also,
Harriet received a proposal, from Mr Martin, a local farmer. Emma advised her
to refuse him, because in her opinion Harriet could make a better match.
Later, she met Frank Churchill, Mr Weston's son,
he was a very sensible and friendly and she believed that they could be a lovely
couple. However, she didn't love him.
One day, Harriet was harassed by some gypsies and Frank saved her. Emma
supposed that they were in love and she thought it was a good match. Although,
Frank Churchill and Miss Fairfax were secretly engaged.
After, Harriet reveals Emma that she was in love
with Mr Knighley. He was an old friend of the family. Then she knew that she was
also love with him. After that, Mr Knighley told Emma his love, and he proposed
her.
Finally, Harriet visited Emma's sister. She met
Mr Martin, who again proposed to her, and she accepted.
In the
end, the story ends happily because Emma got married to Mr Knighley. Harriet
got married to Mr Martin and Frank Churchill to Miss Fairfax.
I strongly recommend this book, it has love and
comedy stories. In my opinion Jane Austen
was an excellent writer. Nowadays, her novels are a classic of English
literature.
