How far do the attitudes expressed in Emma belong merely to Jane Austin's time, and how far are they important to ours as well? Jane Austin's novel, Emma was ahead of its time when it was first published in 1816. In this novel we are presented with the headstrong woman Emma, who has an opinionated view on her closed life. In the novel there are four key subject areas: Class, money, marriage and the position of …showed first 75 words of 1322 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1322 total…in business, and in some places can be paid less than men, women have now elevated to be near if not exact equals to men. The attitudes expressed in Emma not only were they important in Jane Austin's time but they are still important in ours as well, if we did not have these original ideas and rules the backbone of our society would not have evolved to the current world we now live in.