Character	Description
Emma Woodhouse	Miss Emma Woodhouse is a 21-year-old, single gentlewoman of means who overestimates her power to discern the hearts of others and has limited knowledge of her own heart. Read More
Mr. Knightley	A gentleman in his late 30s, Mr. George Knightley lives on a nearby estate and has been a close family friend of the Woodhouses for many years. He has secretly loved Emma since she was 13 years old. Read More
Mr. Woodhouse	Mr. Woodhouse is Emma's father. He is a hypochondriac who believes that people should stay indoors as much as possible and eat plain food in small quantities. Read More
Harriet Smith	Miss Harriet Smith is a woman of uncertain origin who is the illegitimate child of some wealthy person. Read More
Mr. Elton	Mr. Philip Elton, a handsome clergyman (vicar) in his 20s, is somewhat new to the village of Highbury. Although he has some property, he wishes to marry a woman of means. Read More
Frank Churchill	Mr. Frank Churchill is the son of Mr. (Captain) Weston. When he was a child, he was adopted by his deceased mother's rich brother and his wife. Read More
Jane Fairfax	Jane Fairfax is an orphan who was mentored and educated by Colonel and Mrs. Campbell. She is well educated and talented. She is an object of Emma's envy. Read More
Mrs. Weston	Mrs. Weston (the former Miss Anne Taylor) became Emma's governess and companion after Emma lost her mother at age five.
Mr. Weston	Mr. (Captain) Weston left the military and went into trade. While in the military, he met and married Miss Churchill, a Yorkshire woman from a great family. After they had a son, Weston's wife died, so he allowed the wealthy Churchills to raise his son, Frank, so that Frank could inherit their property.
Isabella Knightley	Mrs. Isabella (Woodhouse) Knightley, Emma's older sister, is married to Mr. John Knightley.
Mr. John Knightley	Mr. John Knightley is Emma's brother-in-law, Mr. George Knightley's younger brother, and a practicing lawyer.
Miss Bates	Miss Bates is a poor spinster who lives with her mother and has financially come down in the world, although she is a gentlewoman like Emma.
Mrs. Bates	Mrs. Bates is the mother of Miss Bates and the grandmother of Jane Fairfax. She is slightly deaf.
Mr. Robert Martin	Mr. Robert Martin is a farmer who is in love with Harriet Smith. A yeoman farmer who rents his land, he is not considered to be a gentleman.
Miss Martin	Miss Elizabeth Martin is one of Robert's sisters.
Mrs. Goddard	Mrs. Goddard runs the ladies' boarding school and has Harriet Smith as a pupil and parlor boarder.
Mrs. Elton	Mrs. Elton (the former Miss Augusta Hawkins), a social climber from Bath, is the wife of Mr. Elton. She brings money to the marriage, but she is overbearing and ill-mannered.
Colonel Campbell	Colonel Campbell was a friend of Jane Fairfax's late father. He and his wife take Jane under their wing and educate her from the age of nine.
Mrs. Dixon	Mrs. Dixon (the former Miss Campbell) is a good friend of Jane Fairfax.
Mr. Dixon	Mr. Dixon is the Irishman whom the Campbells' daughter marries.
Mr. Cole	Mr. Cole is a tradesman who has made a lot of money and is now aspiring to be gentry.
Mr. Perry	Mr. Perry is an apothecary—the general medical practitioner—who looks after the health of people in the village of Highbury. Mr. Woodhouse sees Mr. Perry quite often.

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