Emma, Volume 3, Chapter 17: samenvatting

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1. Mrs. Weston gives birth to a daughter, and Emma and Mr. Knightley discuss indulgent parenting and his influence on Emma.
2. Emma worries about Harriet Smith, takes comfort from Isabella’s reports, and reads John Knightley’s restrained response to the engagement.
3. Emma tells Mr. Woodhouse about the marriage, stressing that she remains at Hartfield and Mr. Knightley joins their household.
4. Mr. Knightley, Isabella, and Mrs. Weston help make the arrangement more acceptable to Mr. Woodhouse, though he imagines a distant wedding.
5. Mr. Weston spreads the news through Highbury, where most people welcome it but the Eltons react with resentment.

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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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