Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.
Her mother had died too long ago for her to have more than an indist.
She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father; and had, in consequence of her sister\'s marriage, been mistress of his house from a very early period.
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her