... seriously threaten Harriet's happiness, cause her embarrassment, and create obstacles to her own achievement of true love, but none of them has lasting consequences. Throughout the novel, Knightley corrects and guides Emma, and, in marrying Knightley, Emma signals that her judgment has aligned with his. Austen predicted that Emma would be "a character whom no one but me will much like." Though ... she can find to make of these is to attempt to guide the marital destinies of her friends, a project that gets her into trouble. The alternative pastimes depicted in the book "social visits, c...

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