Part 1

Chapter 1

           EmmaWoodhouse,handsome,clever,andrich,withacomfortablehomeandhappydisposition,seemedtounitesomeofthebestblessingsofexistence;andhadlivednearlytwenty-oneyearsintheworldwithverylittletodistressorvexher.

           Shewastheyoungestofthetwodaughtersofamostaffectionate,indulgentfather;andhad,inconsequenceofhersister’smarriage,beenmistressofhishousefromaveryearlyperiod.Hermotherhaddiedtoolongagoforhertohavemorethananindistinctremembranceofhercaresses;andherplacehadbeensuppliedbyanexcellentwomanasgoverness,whohadfallenlittleshortofamotherinaffection.

           SixteenyearshadMissTaylorbeeninMr.Woodhouse’sfamily,lessasagovernessthanafriend,veryfondofbothdaughters,butparticularlyofEmma.Betweenthemitwasmoretheintimacyofsisters.EvenbeforeMissTaylorhadceasedtoholdthenominalofficeofgoverness,themildnessofhertemperhadhardlyallowedhertoimposeanyrestraint;andtheshadowofauthoritybeingnowlongpassedaway,theyhadbeenlivingtogetherasfriendandfriendverymutuallyattached,andEmmadoingjustwhatsheliked;highlyesteemingMissTaylor’sjudgment,butdirectedchieflybyherown.

           Therealevils,indeed,ofEmma’ssituationwerethepowerofhavingrathertoomuchherownway,andadispositiontothinkalittletoowellofherself;thesewerethedisadvantageswhichthreatenedalloytohermanyenjoyments.

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