context

• Emma is set in the...

  early 19th century/Victorian/Regency era
• What does Austen say about Emma's character

  ' a heroine whom no one but myself will much like. '
• Where did Austen live for some time? (which is where Mrs Elton is from)

  Bath
• When was 'Emma' published? During what war?

  1815

  Napoleonic war (between Britain and France)