... . In Austen's Emma pipes are smoked, and alcohol such as Brandy is drank, but in a social setting, generally only by men, and in moderation. Being drunk is frowned upon. The parallel to Austen's character Frank Churchhill is Christian Stobich. This is the boy of Cher's dreams until Murray informs an ignorant Cher that Christian is homosexual, "The man is a cake-boy ... the same meaning, where Heckerling's social purpose was to better understand Austen's text. Austen has set her production of text around Highbury, a small village in England in 1815. The social structure of Emma consisted ...

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