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Emma
Episode 2
A proposal is imminent from Mr Elton, and Frank Churchill finally visits Highbury.
Episode 1
Emma Woodhouse delights in the conviction that she's the perfect matchmaker. But she's playing a dangerous game as she persuades her new friend, the young, pretty and socially inferior Harriet, to reject a marriage proposal to a local farmer in favor of dashing Mr Elton. So begins a story which challenges Emma's naivety, her social preconceptions and her own relationships.
Episode 1
Season 1 Episode 1 | 52m 50s | CC
Rich, independent and kind spirited, Emma Woodhouse has no need to marry herself but nothing delights her more than matchmaking those around her. Once she married off her close companions, she alights upon the pretty Harriet Smith to fashion into her new playmate. She persuades Harriet that she is too good for her suitor, the farmer Robert Martin, and encourages her to set her sights higher.
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