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1、Emma—ANovelMorethanMatchmakingEmmawascompletedin1815byJaneAusten,whofirstgavethenovelitsmoderncharacterthroughthetreatmentofeverydaylife.ThecopyIreadwaspublishedbyForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPressinBeijing,2006.Forthosewhoarewoefullyboredwithheavyornatewords,th
2、osewhoarefilledwithnauseaatthepungentsarcasmorthosewhotakekeeninterestinfemininewritingstylesormatchmaking,thosewhowanttohaveapeepattheEnglishcountrylifeinthe19thcentury,thenovelEmmaisqualifiedtoserveasthebestchoice.Inthenovel,thevividdepictionofcontemporaryEnglishco
3、untrylifeandrepetitiousmatchmakingattempts,thefullyembodimentofexquisiteobservation,subtleirony,comictoneandflashingwitenableEmmatobecomeoneofJaneAusten’smostbrilliantworksandtheexpressionofanartistattheheightofherpowers,whichisdestinedtoinstillsomefreshairintothelit
4、erature.Moreover,suchwritingskillsendowMissEmmawithtremendouscharmandshapeEmmatobecomeanamewithalargefollowing,althoughAustenherselfdescribedEmmaas"aheroinewhomnoonebutmyselfwillmuchlike."Fromtheviewofsetting,thenovelisrootedinmiddle-classprovinciallifeofEnglandinthe
5、19thcentury.Minorlandedgentry,countryclergymenandtheirfamiliesresurfaceinthebookwitheasy-to-understandlanguagethatseemsphonographic.Thereisnodenyingthatthesettingofthenoveliscloselyrelatedtotheauthor’spersonalexperience.Austenwasactiveinsociallifeandenjoyssocialevent
6、s.Moreover,shewaswellconnectedwiththemiddling-richlandedgentrywhichsetthetoneforthecommonlifesheportrayedinthenovelwithherexquisiteobservation.Thecharacteriswellshapedinthenovel.Withawiderangeviewofthework,thewholebookismainlyconcernedwithacountryladylivinginRegencyE
7、nglandthatisMiss.EmmaWoodhouseandthebookevenbenamedafterher.DifferentfromotherfiveheroinesinAusten’sworkswhosechancesformakingagoodmarriagedependgreatlyonfinancialissues,"EmmaWoodhouse,handsome,clever,andrich,withacomfortablehomeandhappydispositionseemedtounitesomeof
8、thebestblessingsofexistence;andhadlivednearlytwenty-oneyearsintheworldwithverylittletodistressorvexher.",what’smore,“Emma,whoisspoi