一般说来,小说《爱玛》是奥斯汀在艺术和思想上最成功的作品。小说主人公爱玛是个美丽聪明的地主小姐,喜欢与人做媒。她在无聊之中把邻近的一个孤女哈丽埃特置于自己的保护之下,主观臆想地安排她的恋爱。哈丽埃特很随和地一次又一次“爱”上了爱玛给她选择的“求婚者”。最后在爱玛不负责的怂恿下,竟自以为“爱”上了本地最大的地主兼地方官奈特利先生,这时爱玛才猛然发觉原来自己是爱奈特利先生的,最后两人都找到了与自己相匹配的伴侣。 Generally speaking, the novel Emma is Austin’s most successful art and ideology. The novel hero Emma is a beautiful and clever landlords miss, like to play media with others. Her boredom puts a neighboring solitary girl Harriet under her protection, subjectively planning her love affair. Harriet was very easygoing again and again “Love” on Emma’s “suitor” whom she chose. Finally, under Emma’s irresponsible instigation, he went so far as to believe that “love” was on the local landlords and local authorities, Mr. Knightley, when Emma suddenly realized he was Mr. Aitnelli, and the last two People have found their match mate.