Emma, Volume 3, Chapter 17: riassunto
Volume 3, Chapter 17 di 55 · 13 min per leggere: chapter
In Chapter 17, Emma celebrates Anna Weston’s birth and tells her father that she intends to marry Mr. Knightley without leaving Hartfield, gradually softening his resistance with help from friends and family. As the engagement becomes public, most people approve, while the Eltons resent the match and its effect on their own pleasures.
Cosa succede
- Mrs. Weston gives birth to a daughter, and Emma and Mr. Knightley discuss indulgent parenting and his influence on Emma.
- Emma worries about Harriet Smith, takes comfort from Isabella’s reports, and reads John Knightley’s restrained response to the engagement.
- Emma tells Mr. Woodhouse about the marriage, stressing that she remains at Hartfield and Mr. Knightley joins their household.
- Mr. Knightley, Isabella, and Mrs. Weston help make the arrangement more acceptable to Mr. Woodhouse, though he imagines a distant wedding.
- Mr. Weston spreads the news through Highbury, where most people welcome it but the Eltons react with resentment.
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Cosa notare
Emma’s continued presence answers her father’s central fear. The arrangement also explains why Mrs. Weston considers this match especially suitable.
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What does Emma emphasize when telling her father about the marriage?
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