Jane Fairfax: The Secret Story of the Second Heroine in Jane Austen's Emma

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Frank Churchill, Mr Weston's son, arrives for a two-week visit. Frank was adopted by his wealthy and domineering aunt and has had few opportunities to visit before. Mr Knightley tells Emma that, while Frank is intelligent and engaging, he has a shallow character. Jane Fairfax also arrives to visit her aunt Miss Bates and Mrs Bates for a few months before starting a governess position due to financial situation. She is the same age as Emma and has received an excellent education through her father's friend, Colonel Campbell. Emma has remained somewhat aloof from Jane because she envies her and is annoyed by everyone, including Mrs Weston and Mr Knightley, praising Jane. Mrs Elton takes Jane under her wing and announces that she will find a governess post before it is wanted. Gilson, David (1982). A Bibliography of Jane Austen. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 97–98. ISBN 978-0-19-818173-6. Aftab, Kaleem (13 February 2020). "Emma's Amber Anderson: 'For four years I thought my Harvey Weinstein encounter was my fault' ". iNews . Retrieved 4 May 2023. Harriet Smith is an illegitimate and poor pupil at the local boarding school, of whom Emma takes notice after she loses the companionship of Mrs Weston when her former governess marries. Despite Harriet's humble origins, Emma admires her sweetness, good nature, and pleasant looks. Emma decides to take Harriet under her wing and help her find a good husband. However, Emma's pride prevents her from recognising a good match for Harriet in the person of Robert Martin, a respected farmer, and the initial and ultimate romantic interest of Harriet. Instead, Emma encourages Harriet to believe that she is admired by Mr Elton, Highbury's vicar, which ends disastrously. Nevertheless, naive Harriet does not blame Emma for her mortification, and the two remain friends. Jane paid occasional visits to her grandmother and aunt after she went to live with the Campbells, the last being two years before the novel began, [2] but she wrote them often and they continued to adore her from afar. They were always excited to hear of her accomplishments, and they read each of her letters many times—forty times according to Emma, although that is assumed to be an exaggeration—at tea with Henry and Emma Woodhouse. As such, the idea of Jane Fairfax tired Emma to death. [3]

Gilson, David (1982). A Bibliography of Jane Austen. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 66–67. ISBN 978-0-19-818173-6. The credit sequence features "Queen Bee", an original song by Johnny Flynn. Isobel Waller-Bridge asked Flynn to write a song for the film. He wrote "Queen Bee" to convey Knightley's perspective on Emma, and performed it in a style appropriate for the film's period. [15] Anderson is a trained pianist and violinist, and began her career in modeling. [2] Early life [ edit ] Kirkley, Laura (2008). "Review of Jane Austen and the Theatre, Jane Austen and Food". The Historical Journal. 51: 814–817. doi: 10.1017/S0018246X08006870. S2CID 232177192.

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Miss Bates is a friendly, garrulous spinster whose mother, Mrs Bates, is a friend of Mr Woodhouse. Her niece is Jane Fairfax, daughter of her late sister. She was raised in better circumstances in her younger days as the vicar's daughter; now she and her mother rent rooms in the home of another in Highbury. One day, Emma humiliates her on a day out in the country, when she alludes to her tiresome prolixity. Emma and the Werewolves: Jane Austen and Adam Rann, Adam Rann, [96] is a parody of Emma which by its title, its presentation and its history, seeks to give the illusion that the novel had been written jointly by Adam Rann and Jane Austen, that is, a mash-up novel. [ citation needed]

Emma (NYMF)". theatermania.com. 2004. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013 . Retrieved 27 December 2011. Meanwhile, an invitation from the Coles, successful tradespeople who live in Highbury, creates a conundrum for Emma. She had originally decided that she would not accept an invitation from the nouveau-riche family, but when everyone except the Woodhouses receives an invitation to a dinner party at the Coles’ home, Emma feels left out. When an invitation arrives, she decides to accept it. Summary: Chapter 26 The Emma Agenda, a YouTube web series produced by Quip Modest Productions, starring Selis Maria Vargas as Emma. In this version the role of Mr Knightley is female, which makes it the first lesbian version of Emma on screen. [84] Gilson, David (1982). A Bibliography of Jane Austen. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 161. ISBN 978-0-19-818173-6.a b Todd, Janet (2006). The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen. Cambridge University Press. p.94. ISBN 978-0-521-85806-9. Emma, a musical written by Stephen Karam and first performed by the Brownbrokers student theatre group at Brown University under the direction of Darius Pierce. [87] In 2004 Karam's musical was put on at the New York Musical Theatre Festival under the direction of Patricia Birch. [88]

Southam, B.C. (1979). Jane Austen: The Critical Heritage, Vol I. 1811–1870. London: Routledge. pp.221–229. ISBN 978-0-203-19671-7. Emma, written after Austen's move to Chawton, was her last novel to be published during her lifetime, [5] while Persuasion, the last complete novel Austen wrote, was published posthumously. a href="https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Jane+Austen%2c+Jane+Fairfax%2c+and+Jane+Eyre.-a0179934393Doyle, John A. (1898). Memoir and correspondence of Susan Ferrier, 1782–1854. London: John Murray. p.128. Emma., [a] adapted by Eleanor Catton and directed by Autumn de Wilde, starring Anya Taylor-Joy as Emma Woodhouse and Johnny Flynn as Mr Knightley. [75]