One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Jane Austen

Emma

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Gender relations Men and women

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Emma Woodhouse

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Emma

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1816 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Emma. Vol. 1, London: John Murray, 1816, ch. 9.

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Austen, Jane. Emma, edited by Fiona Stafford. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 9.

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Time
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