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by Jane Austen · 1775–1817
"Emma" by Jane Austen is a novel published in December 1815. Set in the village of Highbury, it follows Emma Woodhouse, a privileged young woman who fancies herself a matchmaker. Confident in her abilities, Emma meddles in the romantic lives of those around her, particularly her new friend Harriet Smith. But her misguided interventions lead to misunderstandings, hurt feelings, and unexpected revelations. Through a series of social missteps and romantic entanglements, Emma must confront her own blindness about matters of the heart.
Summary generated automatically by Project Gutenberg.
- Read time
- 716 min
- Words
- 157,435
- Chapters
- 55
- Paragraphs
- 2,375
- Price
- Free
- Bildungsromans
- England -- Fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Humorous stories
- Love stories
- Mate selection -- Fiction
- Young women -- Fiction
“I do not often walk this way now,” said Emma, as they proceeded, “but then there will be an inducement, and I shall gradually get intimately acquainted with all the hedges, gates,
„Ich gehe diesen Weg jetzt nicht oft“, sagte Emma, als sie weitergingen, „dann wird es einen Anreiz geben, und ich werde allmählich mit allen Hecken, Toren, Teichen und Pollern dieses Teils von Highbury vertraut werden.“
pools and pollards of this part of Highbury.”
Harriet, she found, had never in her life been inside the Vicarage, and her curiosity to see it was so extreme, that, considering exteriors and probabilities, Emma could only class it, as a proof of love,
Harriet, stellte sie fest, war noch nie in ihrem Leben im Inneren der Vicarage gewesen, und ihre Neugier, sie zu sehen, war so extrem, dass Emma, unter Berücksichtigung der Außenansichten und Wahrscheinlichkeiten, dies nur als Beweis der Liebe einstufen konnte, mit
with Mr. Elton’s seeing ready wit in her.
der Tatsache, dass Herr Elton in ihr scharfsinnigen Witz sah.
“I wish we could contrive it,” said she; “but I cannot think of any tolerable pretence for going in;—no servant that I want to inquire about of his housekeeper—no message from my father.”
„Ich wünschte, wir könnten es einrichten“, sagte sie, „aber ich kann mir keine erträgliche Ausrede für einen Besuch ausdenken—keinen Diener, nach dem ich bei seiner Haushälterin fragen müsste—keine Nachricht von meinem Vater.“
She pondered, but could think of nothing.
Sie sann nach, konnte sich aber an nichts erinnern.
After a mutual silence of some minutes, Harriet thus began again—
Nach einer gegenseitigen Stille von einigen Minuten begann Harriet erneut:
“I do so wonder, Miss Woodhouse, that you should not be married, or going to be married!
„Ich wundere mich so sehr, Miss Woodhouse, dass Sie nicht verheiratet sind oder verheiratet werden!
so charming as you are!”—
so reizend, wie Sie sind!“—
About the author

Jane Austen1775–1817
Jane Austen was an English writer born in Steventon in 1775 and died in Winchester in 1817.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #158
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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