@Baddiel The opening line ‘Emma Woodhouse had lived nearly twenty one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her’ is a bit odd though, given her mother died when she was very young. Not saying Jane Austen is rubbish, just you know, I think that would be a bit vexing.
@Baddiel I’ve been watching (yeah sorry not reading) EMMA on a loop recently (the 2020 one). I love the line “Husband, comport yourself!’. They had some great ways of phrasing things back then.