Idealised image (reversed) of Jane Austen
19th-century print based on Cassandra’s sketch
Jane by Cassandra Austen, pencil and watercolour, circa 1810
I promised some musings on the subject of Jane Austen’s Emma, based on notes taken while reading it for the first time, and so here is my offering … while it is still fresh in my mind. As regular readers will be familiar from previous musings on novels that have caught my fancy, I’ve mainly based my thoughts on the four ‘W’s — who, what, when and where.
Here comes the customary warning of spoilers.
Calmgrove 