There are numerous parallels between the main characters and plots of Pride and Prejudice and Emma: Both novels feature a proud central character, respectively, Darcy and Emma; a critical future spouse, Elizabeth and Mr Knightly; an easily swayed friend, Bingley and Harriet; an almost-thwarted marital ambition, Jane and Martin; a dependent relative, Georgiana and Mr Woodhouse; and a potential object of matrimony who is a wrong choice for the central character, Anne de Bourgh and Frank Churchill. [45] [46] These pairs suggest that Emma may have been a gendered reversal of the earlier novel. [45] Such reversals were familiar to Austen through the works of favoured authors like Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, and William Shakespeare. [45]

Mrs Goddard is the mistress of a boarding school for girls in which Harriet Smith is one of the students. She is also a frequent companion to Mr Woodhouse along with Mrs Bates. The 2020 St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021 . Retrieved 11 January 2021. Emma and Jane are also pitted against each other as potential love interests for both Frank and Knightley, at least in Emma’s mind and the minds of other gossiping characters.Grater, Tom (21 March 2019). "Bill Nighy, Mia Goth, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner board 'Emma' for Working Title, Blueprint (exclusive)". Screen International . Retrieved 21 March 2019. Amber Anderson interview - how the Emma actor went from Forres to films". The Scotsman. 10 February 2020 . Retrieved 4 May 2023.

Most of the other places mentioned are in southern England, such as the seaside resort towns of Weymouth, Dorset, Southend, and Cromer in Norfolk. Box Hill is still a place of beauty, popular for picnics. Bath, where Mr Elton went to find a bride, is a well-known spa city in the southwest. The place furthest away is the fictional Enscombe, the estate of the Churchills, in the real Yorkshire, in the north. LeFaye, Deidre (2004). Jane Austen: A Family Record (2nded.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp.225–227. ISBN 978-0-521-53417-8.

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She bitterly regretted not having sought a closer acquaintance with her, and blushed for the envious feelings which had certainly been, in some measure, the cause. Had she followed Mr. Knightley’s known wishes, in paying that attention to Miss Fairfax, which was every way her due; had she tried to know her better; had she done her part towards intimacy; had she endeavoured to find a friend there instead of in Harriet Smith; she must, in all probability, have been spared from every pain which pressed on her now. Cite this Quote Jane Austen, Emma (ed James Kingsley); introduction and notes by Adela Pinch; appendices by Vivien Jones; series: Oxford World Classics (OUP 1998, 2003, reiss 2008); ISBN 978-0-19-953552-1 a b Todd, Janet (2006). The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen. Cambridge University Press. p.94. ISBN 978-0-521-85806-9.