Albeit that she is not yet 21, Emma Woodhouse foresees a

future as a spinster dabbling in matchmaking. Charming and

infuriating, she almost ruins the marriage prospects of Harriet

Smith, her protégée, after misguidedly attempting to match

Harriet with the local rector, who is in fact in search of a wealthy

wife. Reprimanded by her friend, George Knightly, and misled

by Frank Crawford, whom she saw as a potential suitor, Emma

learns some valuable lessons in humility and about love and marriage.