... with the literary times. One way to understand Austen's place in literary history is to think of her as part of the earlier eighteenth century, the Age of Reason, when literature was associated with wit, poise, and propriety. Her novels certainly belong to an eighteenth-century genre, the comedy of manners, which examines the behavior of men and women of a single ... 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,...

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