Emma
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Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.…
Details
- AuthorJane Austen
- SourceProject Gutenberg #158
- Length160,494 words · 10h 42m of reading
- Chapters37
- DictionaryIncluded
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
37 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01CHAPTER I
- 02CHAPTER II
- 03CHAPTER III
- 04CHAPTER IV
- 05CHAPTER V
- 06CHAPTER VI
- 07CHAPTER VII
- 08CHAPTER VIII
- 09CHAPTER IX
- 10CHAPTER X
- 11CHAPTER XI
- 12CHAPTER XII
- 13CHAPTER XIII
- 14CHAPTER XIV
- 15CHAPTER XV
- 16CHAPTER XVI
- 17CHAPTER XVII
- 18CHAPTER XVIII
- 19CHAPTER I
- 20CHAPTER II
- 21CHAPTER III
- 22CHAPTER IV
- 23CHAPTER V
- 24CHAPTER VI
- 25CHAPTER VII
- 26CHAPTER VIII
- 27CHAPTER IX
- 28CHAPTER X
- 29CHAPTER XI
- 30CHAPTER XII
- 31CHAPTER XIII
- 32CHAPTER XIV
- 33CHAPTER XV
- 34CHAPTER XVI
- 35CHAPTER XVII
- 36CHAPTER XVIII
- 37CHAPTER XIX
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