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| 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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