關於Emma by jane austen既野/

Emma Woodhouse, the protagonist of the story, is a beautiful, high-spirited, intellectual, and 'slightly' spoiled woman of almost 21. Her mother died when she was very young, and she has been mistress of the house ever since, certainly since her older sister got married. In some ways, Emma is mature for her age, although she makes some serious mistakes. Though vowing she will never marry, she delights in making matches for others. She seems unable to fall in love, until jealousy makes her realize that she has loved Mr. Knightley all along.

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故事发生在英国摄政时期，爱玛·伍德豪斯与体弱的父亲住在乡间大宅，她年轻、漂亮、富有，甚麼也不缺。爱玛的姐夫的兄弟奈特利先生是她的鄰居，是位十足的紳士，爱玛視他亦兄亦友。

由於不愁经济，爱玛完全不急于结婚，倒是更有兴趣做红娘。她的老朋友、家教老師泰勒小姐结婚后，爱玛若有所失，但很快找到了新的朋友──哈丽叶·史密斯，一漂亮溫柔、但不怎麼理性的女孩，她完全聽爱玛指揮。於是爱玛便充分发挥自己对哈丽叶的影响力，首先勸她拒絕愛人農夫馬丁的求婚、繼而怂恿她亲近殷勤的牧師埃尔顿先生。然而事情的发展出乎爱玛意外，埃尔顿先生的目标其实是她本人。爱玛气愤地拒绝了埃尔顿先生的求婚，而哈丽叶则白白伤心了一场。

青年绅士弗兰克·丘吉尔的到来使爱玛的社交圈又增色不少。弗兰克与爱玛门当户对，爱玛似乎也对他另眼相看。埃尔顿先生結婚了，新婚夫婦雙雙歸來，爱玛非常討厭粗俗自大的埃爾頓太太。弗兰克救了哈丽叶一次之后，爱玛觉得可以把他跟哈丽叶凑作一对。然而这一次爱玛又失算了：弗兰克原来早已与孤女简·菲尔费克斯定下终身，而哈丽叶暗中恋慕的绅士竟然是始终守护在爱玛身边的好友奈特利先生。大吃一惊的爱玛发现自己早已爱上了奈特利先生，好在奈特利先生对爱玛也钟情已久，两人终成眷属，而哈丽叶也终于回到了最初的恋人身边。