Classic Stories: Emma

经典故事:爱玛

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2025-12-15

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  • Hello, I'm Tim.

  • Today, I've got a story set in England in the 1800s.

  • It's about a young woman who's not afraid to speak her mind and who discovers that romance is not as simple

  • as it seems.

  • This woman is called Emma.

  • She lives in a small village right in the middle of the English countryside.

  • She's pretty, smart, and a strong and independent woman in her own right.

  • When she's not out socialising, she looks after her elderly father.

  • She thinks life is okay, but she would like a bit more excitement and fun.

  • She enjoys her carefree lifestyle and has vowed never to settle down and get married.

  • So instead,

  • she decides to make friends with a younger woman called Harriet and help her find a husband.

  • So,

  • she sets out to make Harriet a gentleman's wife and teach her about the right type of man to marry.

  • She tells her to set her sights on the town's clergyman, Mr Elton.

  • But it turns out Mr Elton is in love with Emma.

  • Or at least her money.

  • So her plan has failed.

  • And then the handsome Frank Churchill arrives, and Emma herself starts to fall in love with him.

  • She flirts with him, and he does seem to be interested in Emma,