Emma convinces her otherwise she tells Harriet that Robert is beneath her. Harriet clearly has feelings for Robert (and Robert for her). Emma sets about improving her friend, first, by discouraging her interest in Robert Martin, a young farmer whose family is renting land from Mr. Despite the obscurity of her birth and her perceived inferior social status, Emma decides that Harriet is a perfect match for Mr. Harriet’s parentage is unknown she is “the natural daughter of somebody” who many years ago placed her in the care of the school’s headmistress, Mrs. Shortly thereafter, Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a 17-year-old student at a local boarding school. Knightley caution her against interfering, but they ultimately fail to dissuade her. This time, she has set her sights on the village vicar, Mr. (She did, after all, introduce them.) After such a clear “success,” Emma is determined to make another match. Knightley, she practically arranged the recent marriage between her former governess, Miss Taylor, and the widower Mr. As she tells her father and her dear friend Mr. Although she is convinced she will never marry, Emma believes she is an excellent matchmaker. However, she is also spoiled, meddlesome, and self-deluded. Emma is indeed beautiful, wealthy, and smart.

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