The Crown Inn
A ballroom, a dance partner, and plenty of room for misinterpretation.
“Their first pause was at the Crown Inn, an inconsiderable house, though the principal one of the sort, where a couple of pair of post-horses were kept, more for the convenience of the neighbourhood than from any run on the road; and his…”
Volume II, chapter 6
Read the original book →Abbey-Mill Farm
Robert Martin’s world: a working farm in the shelter of Donwell.
“Mrs. Goddard, and the teachers, and the girls and the affairs of the school in general, formed naturally a great part of the conversation—and but for her acquaintance with the Martins of Abbey-Mill Farm, it must have been the whole.”
Volume I, chapter 4
Read the full chapter →People
Lives here. The Martin family home; Harriet’s account describes her visit there. Source
Visits. Stayed with the Martin family for two happy months. Source
Ford’s shop
While Harriet chooses muslin, Emma watches the village pass the shop door: the butcher, a letter-boy and children eyeing the baker’s gingerbread.
“Harriet, tempted by every thing and swayed by half a word, was always very long at a purchase; and while she was still hanging over muslins and changing her mind, Emma went to the door for amusement.”
Volume II, chapter 9
Read the original book →The Bateses’ apartment
Mrs and Miss Bates welcome Emma into the modest apartment that is everything to them.
“The house belonged to people in business. Mrs. and Miss Bates occupied the drawing-room floor;”
Volume II, chapter 1
Read the original book →Vicarage Lane
Turn off Highbury’s main street into Vicarage Lane. About a quarter of a mile along stands Mr Elton’s old, much-smartened vicarage.
“Their road to this detached cottage was down Vicarage Lane, a lane leading at right angles from the broad, though irregular, main street of the place;”
Volume I, chapter 10
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