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Classics: Romance

Emma
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Level 4 (1400 headwords)

Retold by Clare West

Illustrated by Gavin Reece

Series Editor: Rachel Bladon

Founder Editors: Jennifer Bassett
and Tricia Hedge

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 C ONT E N T S

PEOPLE IN THE STORY iv

1 Emma Woodhouse 1
2 Harriet Smith 7
3 Robert Martin 15
4 The Knightleys 22
5 Dinner at Randalls 26
6 Jane Fairfax 32
7 Frank Churchill 36
8 The Coles’ Party 40
9 Mrs Elton 47
10 The Ball 52
11 Box Hill 58
12 An Engagement 64
13 Mr Knightley 68

GLOSSARY 75
BEYOND THE STORY 78
IDEAS IN THIS STORY 80
ACTIVITIES: Think Ahead 81
ACTIVITIES: Chapter Check 82
ACTIVITIES: Focus on Vocabulary 86
ACTIVITIES: Focus on Language 87
ACTIVITIES: Discussion 88
PROJECT 89
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 91
RECOMMENDED READING 92

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 P E O P L E I N T H E S TORY

Emma Woodhouse lives at Hartfield, Highbury

Emma’s family
Mr Woodhouse Emma’s father
Isabella Knightley Emma’s sister
John Knightley Isabella’s husband and Mr Knightley’s
brother

Emma’s friends in Highbury

Mr Weston Frank Churchill’s father
Miss Taylor / Mrs Weston was Emma’s governess, now
Mr Weston’s wife
Mr Knightley John Knightley’s brother
Harriet Smith
Mr Elton the vicar of Highbury
Miss Bates Jane Fairfax’s aunt
Mrs Bates Miss Bates’ mother
Mr and Mrs Cole

Other people in this story

Robert Martin
Frank Churchill Mr Weston’s son
Mr and Mrs Churchill Frank’s uncle and aunt
Jane Fairfax Miss Bates’ niece
The Campbells the family who have helped Jane Fairfax
Augusta Hawkins / Mrs Elton Mr Elton’s wife

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chapter one
Emma Woodhouse
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E mma Woodhouse, beautiful, clever, and rich, with
a comfortable home and a happy nature, was very
fortunate, it seemed. She was nearly twenty-one, and in all
her twenty-one years, not much had come into her life to
trouble her or worry her. She was the younger daughter of a
kind and loving father, and she had an older sister, Isabella.
Emma’s mother had died so long ago that she could not
remember her well, and an excellent governess, Miss Taylor,
had taken care of the Woodhouse girls.
Miss Taylor had been with the Woodhouse family for
sixteen years, and was very fond of both daughters, but
Emma was her favourite. Between them, there was the
closeness of sisters. Even when Emma was a child, Miss
Taylor had been too gentle to give her any punishment,
and once Emma no longer needed a governess, they became
more like affectionate companions than teacher and pupil.
Emma did just what she liked. She highly respected Miss
Taylor’s judgement, but mainly followed her own.
When Emma’s sister Isabella had married and moved to
London, sixteen miles away, Emma had become the mistress
of the family home, Hartfield. She kept the keys, gave
orders to the servants, and paid the bills.
Emma’s father, Mr Woodhouse, loved her so much that in
his eyes, she had no faults; and because she was the cleverest
in the family, he always asked her opinion before deciding

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anything. So Emma’s only problem was that too often she

could do just what she wanted, and most of the time, she
thought a little too well of herself. There was a danger in
this to her future well-being. But as she was blind to the
danger, she did not see any disadvantages in her situation.
A gentle sadness did come into Emma’s life: Miss Taylor
married, and moved away. Losing Miss Taylor made Emma
feel real unhappiness for the first time. On the wedding-day
of this dear friend, Emma realized how different things
would be now. That night, after the wedding, she and her
father were left at Hartfield to have dinner together, with
no hope of a third person to lighten a long evening. After
dinner, Mr Woodhouse went to sleep in his chair as usual,
and Emma could only sit and think of what she had lost.

Emma could only sit and think of what she had lost.

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The marriage would, she was sure, bring happiness to

Miss Taylor. Miss Taylor’s new husband, Mr Weston, was
well-respected, he had enough money, he was the right age,
and he was pleasant to everybody. The Westons’ house,
Randalls, was only half a mile from Hartfield, but there was
a great difference between a Miss Taylor in the house and a
Mrs Weston half a mile away. Emma knew she would miss
her friend every moment of the day. Miss Taylor was the
best kind of companion: intelligent, well-informed, useful,
gentle, and interested in all of Emma’s ideas and plans.
Emma loved her father dearly, but because he had married
late in life, there was a great difference in age between them.
That was not the only difficulty: he seemed much older than
someone his age should be, and although everyone loved him
for his kindness, he was not known for his quick intelligence.
Emma and her father were the most important people in
Highbury, the large village where they lived. There had been
Woodhouses in Highbury for years and years, and everyone
had great respect for them. Emma knew many people there,
but there was no other young woman who was her equal in
social class or intelligence.
These were the thoughts in Emma’s head on the evening
after Miss Taylor’s wedding, but when Mr Woodhouse woke
up from his sleep, she had to put them to one side and smile
and talk cheerfully to him. Mr Woodhouse was a sensitive
man, fond of everyone and everything he was used to, and
he hated change of any kind. Marriage, as it caused change,
was always a worry to him. He was still not happy about his
older daughter’s marriage, and only ever spoke about poor

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Isabella with pity, because she had had to move away.

‘Poor Miss Taylor!’ he sighed miserably now. ‘Why did
Mr Weston have to marry her?’
‘Father,’ said Emma with a gentle smile, ‘Mr Weston is
a kind, pleasant man who needed a good wife. Poor Miss
Taylor could not stay with us forever, living with my strange
habits! It’s much better for her to have her own house.’
‘Her own house! Why would she want that, when this
house is three times bigger? And you do not have any
strange habits, my dear.’
Emma smiled brightly and tried to make Mr Woodhouse
think of something else, but it was not easy, and she
was delighted when a visitor walked in. Mr Knightley, a
cheerful, sensible man of about thirty-seven or eight, was an
old friend of the family, and the older brother of Isabella’s
husband. He lived about a mile from Hartfield, and was a
frequent visitor, always warmly welcomed.
‘I have just returned from visiting your daughter in
London, sir,’ he said to Mr Woodhouse.
‘Oh, how is poor Isabella?’ asked Mr Woodhouse in a
worried voice. ‘And the dear children?’
‘All are well, I promise you,’ replied Mr Knightley,
smiling. ‘And how was the wedding? Who cried most?’
‘Ah yes, the wedding!’ said Mr Woodhouse. ‘Poor Miss
Taylor. It’s a sad business.’
‘Poor Mr and Miss Woodhouse,’ said Mr Knightley, ‘but
I cannot possibly say “poor Miss Taylor”. She has her own
home now, and it must be better to have only one person to
please than two.’

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Mr Knightley was a frequent visitor, always warmly welcomed.

‘And of course, one of those two is so very difficult!’ said

Emma playfully. ‘That is what you’re thinking, I know.’
‘I believe it is very true, my dear,’ said Mr Woodhouse
with a sigh. ‘I am afraid I am often very difficult.’
‘My dearest father! You cannot think I mean you!’ said
Emma. ‘Oh no, I meant myself. Mr Knightley loves to find
fault with me, you know. But none of it is serious. We say
what we like to each other.’

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‘I was not trying to find fault with anybody,’ said Mr

Knightley. ‘Of course, Emma will miss her companion,
but she knows that this marriage is a very good thing for
Miss Taylor.’
‘And I am also pleased,’ cried Emma, ‘because I made
the match myself. Everybody said Mr Weston would never
marry again when his first wife died. But I knew at once
that Miss Taylor would be a good match for him.’
‘You made a lucky guess, that’s all,’ said Mr Knightley.
‘Why are you so proud of that?’
‘A lucky guess is never just luck,’ said Emma. ‘I think
there is always a little cleverness behind it.’
‘My dear, please do not make any more matches,’ said
Mr Woodhouse. ‘They are silly things, and they destroy the
family circle.’
‘Only one more, Father; only for Mr Elton. Poor man!
You like Mr Elton, Father. I’m sure he needs a wife.’
Mr Elton was the vicar of Highbury. He had moved to
the village a year before, and was a handsome, respectable
man of about twenty-six or twenty-seven, who was popular
with everyone.
‘If you want to be kind to Mr Elton, my dear, ask him
to dinner at Hartfield,’ said Mr Woodhouse. ‘That will be
much better. Perhaps Mr Knightley will be kind enough to
join us?’
‘Delighted to come, sir, at any time,’ laughed Mr
Knightley, ‘and I agree with you. Invite him to dinner,
Emma, but let him choose his own wife.’

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chapter two
Harriet Smith
h
M r Woodhouse was fond of society in his own way.
He very much enjoyed visits from his little circle of
friends, but he did not often leave Hartfield, because he
disliked late hours and large dinner-parties. He believed that
evening meals were bad for people’s health, so he was always
rather sorry to see any food on the table at supper-time.
One of the frequent visitors at Hartfield was the
headmistress of Highbury’s well-respected school for young
ladies. On one of her visits, shortly after Miss Taylor’s
wedding, she brought one of her pupils with her. Emma was
delighted with the girl, who was very pretty, with fair hair
and sweet blue eyes. Her name was Harriet Smith, and she
was seventeen years old.
There was nothing surprising in Harriet Smith’s
conversation, but Emma found her very pleasing. Harriet
had never known her parents, and no one knew who they
were. But she was a girl who could do better for herself
in society, Emma thought. She just needed a little more
elegance to become absolutely perfect – and Emma would
help her. She would teach Harriet; she would make her
opinions and manners more acceptable, and she would
introduce her into good society. It would be an interesting
thing to do, a great kindness to Harriet, and suitable work
for someone in Emma’s situation.
Emma invited Harriet to visit Hartfield again, and soon

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they were together very often. Emma felt more and more
sure that Harriet was exactly the young friend she wanted –
not someone to respect like Miss Taylor, but someone she
could be helpful to.
Mr Knightley was alarmed when, after several visits to
Hartfield, he saw what was happening between Emma and
Harriet. ‘I think Harriet Smith is the very worst kind of
companion that Emma could have,’ he told Mrs Weston one
day. ‘She knows nothing herself, and she thinks that Emma
knows everything. That will make Emma feel that she has
nothing to learn. It is not good for Harriet either. She is
from a very different social class, and spending time with
Emma and her friends will make her feel uncomfortable in
the places where she really belongs.’
‘I can’t agree with you, Mr Knightley,’ smiled Mrs
Weston. ‘I see no harm in them being friends. Emma has
little faults, like all of us, but there is no better daughter,
kinder sister, or truer friend. She would never lead Harriet
Smith into trouble, or make any great mistake.’
‘You and I do not always agree, Mrs Weston,’ replied Mr
Knightley, ‘but we both have a great interest in Emma. I
hope she will find the right man to marry one day.’
‘So do I,’ said Mrs Weston gently.
h
When Emma first met Harriet, Harriet had just returned
from a two-month stay with some school-friends, the Martin
sisters, whose family rented a farm from Mr Knightley.
Although Emma knew that Mr Knightley thought highly of
the Martin family, she was not sure that they were the right

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friends for a girl who she hoped to help move into a higher
social class. And when she learned that Harriet’s school-
friends had an unmarried brother, she began to worry that
Harriet was in danger of making an unsuitable match.
‘Tell me about Mr Martin, Harriet,’ she said one day.
‘Oh, he’s so kind, Miss Woodhouse  – always ready to
fetch me anything I want! And he joined in all our walks
and games when I was staying with the family! I think he’s
very clever, and everybody speaks well of him. His mother,
Mrs Martin, told me one day’ – and here Harriet blushed –
‘that nobody could be a better son, and she was sure he
would make a good husband. But she said that she was in
no hurry at all for him to marry.’
‘Clever Mrs Martin!’ thought Emma. She said to Harriet,
‘Does Mr Martin read?’
‘Oh yes  – well, he reads all the farming reports. And
he reads books, too. When I told him about two of my
favourite books, he had never heard of them, but he is going
to get them as soon as he can.’
‘And what does he look like?’ asked Emma.
‘Oh, I thought him very plain at first, but I don’t think
him so plain now. I suppose you get used to a person’s looks,
don’t you?’
‘Perhaps, after a time. How old is he, Harriet?’
‘Twenty-four last June.’
‘That is far too young to marry’, said Emma. ‘In six
years’ time, if he could meet a simple woman with a little
money, he could marry then.’

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‘Tell me about Mr Martin, Harriet,’ Emma said.

‘But dear Miss Woodhouse, he would be thirty!’

‘Well, most men who have no money of their own cannot
afford to marry until they are thirty,’ said Emma.
‘But the Martins live very comfortably, Miss Woodhouse.’
Emma looked at her young friend. ‘I hope, Harriet, that
you will be very careful, whenever he does marry, because he
may choose some farmer’s daughter who has no education,
and you will not be able to visit her. Although you do not
know your parents, there can be no doubt that you are a
gentleman’s daughter. You must remember that.’

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‘Oh yes, thank you, Miss Woodhouse,’ said Harriet. ‘I

am very grateful to you for your advice, and I am sure you
are right. But I cannot believe Mr Martin would marry
anyone who had no education, and I shall always have great
affection for his sisters.’
Emma watched Harriet carefully during this conversation,
and was pleased to see that she did not actually seem to be
in love. She hoped to make her friend forget the unsuitable
Mr Martin very soon.
But they met him the very next day, when they were out
walking. He looked very respectfully at Emma, and with
great affection at Harriet, and while Emma stood a little
distance away and watched closely, Mr Martin and Harriet
had a short conversation. When Harriet ran to join Emma,
she was full of excitement.
‘Oh, Miss Woodhouse, what a surprise to meet him! He
had forgotten to get the books I was telling him about, but
he will get them next time he goes to town. What do you
think of him? Is he very plain?’
‘Very plain indeed,’ said Emma, ‘but more noticeable
than that, he is certainly no gentleman. I had not imagined
he would be so completely without elegance. Don’t you see
the difference between him and the gentlemen you have met
at Hartfield?’
Harriet, deeply ashamed, lowered her eyes. ‘Of course,
he is not as elegant as some gentlemen,’ she said. ‘He is not
like Mr Knightley, for example. But Mr Knightley is a very
fine man!’
‘It’s true, you would not see one like Mr Knightley in a

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hundred gentlemen. But you have met others. Mr Weston

and Mr Elton, for example: look at how they walk, and
speak, and know when to be silent. Mr Martin thinks only
of his farming, that is clear; he did not even remember to
get those books.’
‘I am surprised that he did not remember the books,’ said
Harriet after a moment.
‘Mr Elton, I believe, gives a good example to all young
men. He has excellent manners. I do not know if he is trying
to please one of us, Harriet, but I think his manners are even
gentler than usual these days. He said to me the other day,
“Miss Smith really is a very pretty young girl.”’
Harriet blushed and smiled when she heard this. She had
met Mr Elton several times already at Hartfield, and Emma
felt sure that they would make a very good match.
The next day, Emma invited Mr Elton to Hartfield again.
Harriet was there, of course, and Emma was pleased to see
that Harriet found him even more handsome than before,
and that Mr Elton greatly admired Harriet. Emma said that
she would like to draw a portrait of Harriet, and Mr Elton
was delighted.
‘Please do, Miss Woodhouse!’ he cried. ‘You are so good
at drawing!’
‘Well, if you would like me to try, Mr Elton, I shall.
Harriet has a very pretty face. Perhaps I can catch the
likeness.’
‘I have no doubt of your success, Miss Woodhouse!’ he
said. ‘And what a wonderful portrait it will be, if you do it!’
So, every day during the next week, Harriet sat in the

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large sitting-room and Emma worked on her portrait, while

Mr Elton watched in great excitement. One minute he was
close by Harriet’s side, talking amusingly to prevent her
becoming bored, and the next he was looking over Emma’s
shoulder at the picture, full of praise for her drawing.

Emma worked on her portrait, while Mr Elton watched.

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When the picture was finished, Mr Knightley and Mr

Woodhouse came to look at it.
‘You have made her too tall, Emma,’ said Mr Knightley.
‘Oh no, certainly not too tall,’ Mr Elton said. ‘Consider,
she is sitting down. No, it is absolutely right for Miss Smith.
Absolutely!’
‘It is very pretty,’ said Mr Woodhouse, ‘just like all your
drawings, my dear. The only thing that worries me is that
she seems to be sitting out of doors, and it makes me think
that she will catch cold.’
‘But, my dear father, in the picture it is a warm summer
day,’ said Emma.
‘It is never safe to sit out of doors, my dear.’
The portrait needed a frame, and Emma was delighted
when Mr Elton offered to take it to London to the picture-
framer when he visited his mother and sisters there. His
warm words and his sighs as he received the portrait from
Emma, and held it to his heart, made her feel sure that he
was now deeply in love with Harriet. She was very pleased
with the success of her plan.

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 GLOSSARY 75

admire (v) to think or say that somebody or something is very

good; admirer (n)
affection (n) the feeling of loving or liking somebody very much;
affectionate (adj)
ball (n) a big and important party where people dance
blush (v) If you blush, your face suddenly becomes red, for
example because you are shy.
boot-lace (n) the things you use to tie up boots
bride (n) a woman on the day of her wedding
brother-in-law (n) the brother of your husband or wife , or your
sister’s husband
carriage (n) a road vehicle for people (like a car or bus), usually
with four wheels; horses pull it
cheerful (adj) happy
claim (v & n) to ask for something because you think it is owed
to you
colonel (n) an officer of a high level in the army
delightful (adj) very pleasant and nice
deliver (v) to take something to the place where it must go
displeasure (n) the feeling of being annoyed or unhappy about
something
education (n) the teaching of a person at a school or college
elegant (adj) with a beautiful shape or look; elegance (n)
encourage (v) to give somebody hope or help so that they do
something
engagement (n) an agreement to marry somebody; engaged (adj)
envy (v) to have a sad or angry feeling of wanting what another
person has
equal (n) a person who is the same or as good as somebody else
excursion (n) a short journey to see something interesting or to
enjoy yourself

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faint (v) to suddenly become unconscious for a short time, for

example because you are weak or ill
feeling (n) something that you feel inside yourself, like
happiness, love, or anger
fool (n) a person who is silly or who does something silly;
foolish (adj)
forgive (v) to stop being angry with somebody for a bad thing
that they did
frame (n) a thin piece of wood or metal round the edge of a
picture, window, mirror, etc.
gentleman (n) a man who is polite and kind to other people /
a polite way of saying ‘man’
governess (n) (in the past) a woman employed to teach the
children of a rich family in their home and to live with them
improve (v) to become better or to make something better
manners (n) the way you behave when you are with other people
match (n) when a man and woman are very suitable for each
other as husband and wife
mistress (n) a woman who is in control of a house and the
people who work in that house
niece (n) your brother or sister’s daughter
passionate (adj) having or showing very strong feelings
piano (n) a big musical instrument that you play by pressing
black and white bars (called keys); see picture on page 43
pity (n & v) a feeling of sadness for a person who is in pain or
who has problems
plain (adj) not pretty or handsome / clear and easy to understand
pleasure (n) the feeling of being happy or enjoying something
portrait (n) a painting or picture of a person
praise (n) to say that somebody or something is good
propose (v) to ask somebody to marry you; proposal (n)

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rent (v) to pay to live in a place or to use something that belongs

to another person
respect (v & n) to have a good opinion of somebody or
something; respectable (adj) well thought of
shock (n) a very bad surprise
sigh (v & n) to let out a deep breath, for example because you
are sad, tired, or pleased
sir (n) a polite way of speaking to a man, instead of using
his name
social class (n) a group of people that are in the same place
in society
society (n) the way people are organized in the country or place
where they live
vain (adj) too proud of what you can do or how you look
vicar (n) an important man in some Christian churches

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Marriage, friends, and family

Marriage is one of the most important ideas in the story of
Emma. Most people in Highbury are interested in news of
engagements and weddings, and many of the characters get
married during the story. Emma loves to match-make, and
this causes many misunderstandings and difficulties.
Friends are important in the story, too. Harriet and Emma
are close friends, which is why Emma tries to match-make for
her. And because Mr Knightley has been Emma’s friend all
her life, she does not see at first that she is in love with him.
Family is also an important part of the story. Emma has
always lived with her father, and when Mr Knightley asks her
to marry him, one of her biggest worries is Mr Woodhouse,
because she does not want to leave him on his own.

Moving upwards in society

Marrying into a higher social class was a good way of
improving your place in society in the early 19th century. It was
very important for women to marry well. When Miss Taylor,
who is a governess, marries Mr Weston, a rich gentleman, she
moves upwards. Similarly, when Jane Fairfax marries Frank,
who will get money from Mr Churchill when he dies, she
greatly improves her place in society.

 DISCUSS  Talk about these questions with your partner.

1 How important is marriage in your country today?
2 How important are family and friends?

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 ACTIVITIES 81

Think Ahead

1 Read about the story on the back cover. How much do you
now know about the story? Are the sentences true or false?
1 Emma is secretly in love.
2 Emma often thinks she knows best.
3 Emma likes the idea of marriage for other people.
4 There is no one who is good enough to marry Emma.
5 Emma’s friends sometimes suggest possible husbands
for her.

2 What do you think is going to happen in the story?

Tick (✓) the sentences you think are true.
1 Emma will not marry.
2 Emma will make a lot of mistakes.
3 Emma will fall in love in the end.

3  RESEARCH  There are three weddings in Emma. Before you

read, find the answers to these questions.
1 What was a wedding like in early-nineteenth-century
England?
2 What are weddings like now in England? How are they
different to weddings in your country?

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 82 ACTIVITIES

Chapter Check

  CHAPTER 1 Complete the sentences with the names of

people in the story.
Isabella ​
Miss Taylor ​
Mr Elton ​
Mr Knightley ​Mr Weston
1 Emma’s governess was called ___________.
2 Emma’s sister ___________ lives in London.
3 ___________ is Miss Taylor’s husband.
4 ___________ is an old friend of the Woodhouse family.
5 Emma hopes to find a wife for ___________.

  CHAPTER 2  Choose the correct words to complete the

sentences.
1 Harriet was a teacher / pupil at a school in Highbury.
2 Mr Knightley thinks Harriet is a good / bad companion
for Emma.
3 Harriet is interested in / bored by Robert Martin.
4 Mr Elton is delighted / disappointed with Harriet’s
portrait.

  CHAPTER 3  Put the events in order.

a Mr Knightley tells Emma that Robert Martin will soon
propose to Harriet.
b Robert Martin writes to Harriet to propose.
c Mr Knightley shows that he is angry with Emma.
d Mr Elton is given the chance to propose to Harriet.

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 PROJECT 89

1 Read this profile of the famous 19th-century

nurse, Florence Nightingale.
A Florence Nightingale was born in 1820.
Her family was rich and upper-class.
She was taught at home, and had a very
comfortable life as a child.
B Her father was very rich, and later in
life, he paid Florence a large income every
year, so she did not have to earn her own
money. She had an older sister called Frances.
The Nightingales had two houses, and plenty of servants.
C When Florence was in her early twenties, a young writer
proposed to her. But after some time, she refused his
proposal, because she had decided that nursing would be
her life’s work.
D Her family did not like the idea of her becoming a nurse,
and angrily refused to allow it.
E But in 1851, she went to nursing school in Germany, and
then in 1853, she was asked to manage a small London
hospital. Here she made many useful changes which helped
the patients. In 1854, she went to Turkey with a team of
women to nurse soldiers wounded in the Crimean War.
She found that there was no real medical care, and men
were dying of hunger, cold, and illness. She worked twenty
hours a day to give the soldiers fresh food, clean kitchens
and toilets, and regular nursing. The results were excellent,
and many lives were saved.
F She was famous when she came home in 1856. She
continued visiting hospitals, writing her Notes on Nursing:
What it is and What it is Not, and making health care better
for everyone. She was ill for the last forty years of her life,
and died in 1910.

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 90 Project

2 Match the headings with the correct paragraphs.

A Disagreement ​ Early Life ​
Final Chapter ​
Helping Other People ​Her Family ​To Marry or Not?

3  COLLABORATE  Work in pairs. Read the text again and

write questions for these answers.
1 They were rich and upper-class.
2 She was taught at home.
3 She had her own private income, paid by her father.
4 Her name was Frances.
5 She felt it was more important to be a nurse than a wife.
6 She wanted to save lives and help patients get
better faster.
7 She was ill for the last forty years and died in 1910.

4  CREATE  Now answer questions 1–6 in exercise 3 about

Emma Woodhouse, or choose a different, real 19th-century
person to answer the questions about. Use your questions
and answers, and your own research. Write a profile like
the one about Florence Nightingale. Use the same headings
if possible, or write your own.

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 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 91

Jane Austen was born in

Hampshire, in the south of
England, in 1775. Her father
was a clergyman, and she had
six brothers and one sister.
She began to write when she
was only fourteen years old,
and she started working on
some of her most famous
novels when she was in her
early twenties. In her life, she
wrote six important novels:
Sense and Sensibility, Pride
and Prejudice, Mansfield
Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. She wrote
about what she knew best – the everyday life of family, friends,
dances, visits, and romance. But for Jane Austen, the way some
people lived and thought at that time was stupid and wrong.
She showed this in her books using wit (a way of being funny in
a very clever way) and irony (describing things in one way and
then showing that they are really very different).
Jane Austen mostly lived a quiet life at home, but she
sometimes visited London, Bath, Lyme (by the sea), and her
brothers’ houses. She never married, but she had a loving family
and she was a great favourite with her brothers’ children. She
died in Winchester, when she was only forty-two years old.

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 If you liked this Bookworm, why not try…

Cranford
LEVEL 4
Elizabeth Gaskell

Life in the small English town of Cranford

seems very quiet and peaceful. The ladies
of Cranford lead tidy, regular lives. They
make their visits between the hours of
twelve and three, give little evening parties,
and worry about their maid-servants. But life is not always
smooth, and there are little arguments and jealousies, sudden
deaths, and unexpected marriages…

Persuasion
LEVEL 4
Jane Austen

At nineteen, Anne Elliot refuses an offer

of marriage from Frederick Wentworth,
persuaded to do so by Lady Russell.
Wentworth is a sailor, with no money and
an uncertain future, says Lady Russell –
just a nobody, certainly not worthy of a baronet’s daughter.
  Eight years later, Wentworth returns a rich and successful
captain looking for a wife. Anne is still unmarried, but
Wentworth clearly prefers the company of the two Musgrove
girls…

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