Jane Austen was on to something...
No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment. -Jane Austen I love how every woman I know loves Jane Austen. We can all relate to one character or another. I can relate to Emma. I'm not a matchmaker, I'm not rich, but I can relate to the fact that I'm young and live in my own ideal world. I'm okay with that. Although I love Emma, I do not appreciate that Jane Austen was not writing about a character in her head, but about me! In Emma, Emma takes young Harriet under her wing to help educate her and set her up with a smart match. Emma vigorously takes up this challenge until Harriet falls for Mr.Knightly, who Emma has unknowingly loved. And then Emma goes through the torture of wondering if she has lost Mr.Knightly forever. Now change Emma for Emily. I'm dead serious. This is happening to me. Add a bit of Elinor from Sense and Sensibility. I've meet a guy. Wonderful. He's great. ...