Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence, and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. "
Sense and Sensibility, Emma, and Persuasion - Page 1
by Jane Austen - 1903 - 1004 pages
Full view - About this book

Emma: A Novel. In Three Volumes, Volume 1

Jane Austen - England - 1816 - 346 pages
...DEDICATED, BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S DUTIFUL AND OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. EMMA. CHAP. I. EMMA Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable...to distress or vex her. She was the youngest of the twodaughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father, and had, in consequenceof her sister's marriage,...
Full view - About this book

Chapters from Jane Austen

Jane Austen - 1889 - 410 pages
...from London, and the time occupied in its development is about thirteen months. EMMA. CHAPTER I. EMMA WOODHOUSE, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable...the world with very little to distress or vex her. JSlie was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father, and had, in consequence...
Full view - About this book

Jane Austen

Mrs. Charles Malden - 1889 - 242 pages
...to look after her, she will do very well. Her position would be a spoiling one for any girl. " Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable...disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings oJ existence ; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex...
Full view - About this book

Jane Austen

Mrs. Charles Malden - 1889 - 240 pages
...to look after her, she will do very well. Her position would be a spoiling one for any girl. " Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some 9 of the best blessings of existence ; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very...
Full view - About this book

Duologues and Scenes from the Novels of Jane Austen

Jane Austen, Rosina Filippi - 1895 - 182 pages
...breeches. Emma and Harriet. THREE LOVES. Characters. Emma Woodhouse, Harriet Smith, Mr Knightley. NB " Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable...indulgent father ; and had, in consequence of her sister's (Isabella) marriage, been mistress of his house from a very early period. The real evils, indeed, of...
Full view - About this book

Jane Austen

Francis Warre Cornish - 1913 - 264 pages
...will much like ' — but the first words of the book predispose the reader in her favour : — Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite , 18U-181B; Persuasion, 1815-1816. Brabouruo, ii. 312. ' Met. 151 tome of the beat blessings of existence...
Full view - About this book

Jane Austen

Francis Warre Cornish - 1913 - 268 pages
...will much like ' — but the first words of the book predispose the reader in her favour : — Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite 1 Emma, 1814-1815 ; Persuasion, 1815-1816. 2 Brabourne, ii. 312. 3 Ibid. eome of the best blessings...
Full view - About this book

Some Great English Novels: Studies in the Art of Fiction

Orlo Williams - English fiction - 1926 - 316 pages
...Wuthering Heights, if we are happy enough to have the discernment which can enjoy all three. " Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable...the world with very little to distress or vex her." Truly the story which opens thus is a quiet story of quiet people quietly told. It is the story of...
Full view - About this book

Jane Austen

Francis Warre Cornish - 1926 - 268 pages
...disposition, seemed to unite 1 Emma, 1814-1815 ; Persuasion, 1815-1816. " Brabourne, ii. 312. 3 Ibid. 151 some of the best blessings of existence ; and had...years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.1 The cheerful vein in which the story is begun continues throughout. The movement of the piece...
Full view - About this book

Selected Essays

Graham Hough - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 260 pages
...to a large extent concerned with facts, and the narrator is not going to deceive us about the facts. She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most...indulgent father; and had, in consequence of her sister's early marriage, been mistress of his house from a very early period. (Ch. 1) The facts are presented...
Limited preview - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF