First published in 1816, Jane Austen s EMMA is about an unconventional heroine--and one whom Austen thought no one but herself would like. Emma Woodhouse is bright, beautiful, and rich, she is also snobbish and judgmental, and she can be cruel, with a tendency to interfere in other people s lives. The novel chronicles Emma s attempts to make a match between a hapless vicar who is, in fact, enamore