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| author = Jane Austen
| central theme = Youthful hubris and romantic misunderstandings
| elevator pitch = A pampered and well meaning but arrogant young heiress has the bad habit of matchmaking everyone around her, causing no small number of troubles to her social circle, and eventually to herself.
| genre = Novel of manners
| publication date = December 23, 1815
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Emma Woodhouse, who has been spoiled ever since she was a small child, had always had a penchant for ordering the world as she sees fit. So when she meets the [[Good Is Dumb|sweet and pretty but slightly slow]] young Harriet, she decides that she will set up Harriet with a husband worthy of her feminine charms. [[Hilarity Ensues]], with [[Zany Scheme|zany schemes]], terrible misunderstandings, gossip gone awry and, of course, since this is a Jane Austen novel, Emma needing to realize that {{spoiler|her [[First Girl Wins|oldest friend, Mr. Knightley]], is actually the man that she loves. But will she realize it in time, or will she lose him to another woman?}}
Notably adapted as the film ''[[Clueless]]'' and, in the current trend of [[Literary Mash-Ups]], as ''[http://www.amazon.com/Emma-Werewolves-Austens-Blood-curdling-Lycanthropy/dp/1926712099 Emma and the Werewolves]''. There are also several straight film adaptations
Not to be confused with the manga ''[[Victorian Romance Emma]]''.
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* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Subtly done with Emma. She encourages Harriet in her reading of ''The Romance of the Forest'', a Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe which stars a girl of obscure origins who is ultimately revealed to be Nobly Born. Emma clearly thinks Harriet belongs in a similar story, when in actuality {{spoiler|Harriet is the bastard of a tradesman, who leaves her quite comfortably off economically but does nothing to raise her social status}}.
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