Anderson is in a relationship with actor Connor Swindells, who also appeared in the film Emma. [10] Filmography [ edit ] Film [ edit ] Year Though Emma and Mr. Knightley are very much in love, Emma is distressed at the thought of leaving her father alone. To accommodate her wishes, Mr. Knightley suggests that he join them at Hartfield rather than have Emma quit her father's home. Emma happily agrees, and the two are married. Nominations for the 78th Golden Globe Awards (2021) Announced". www.goldenglobes.com . Retrieved 4 February 2021. Mr & Mrs Cole have been residents of Highbury for several years, but have recently benefited from a significant increase in their income that has allowed them to expand the size of their house, number of servants and other expenses. Despite their "low origin" in trade, their income and style of living have made them the second most prominent family in Highbury, next to the Woodhouses at Hartfield. They host a dinner party that is a significant plot element. Reversing the genders of Pride and Prejudice in Emma allowed Austen to disturb paradigms and examine the different expectations society had of men and women; the elements she chose to include in Emma and how she chose to revise them yield a powerful but ultimately conventional commentary on the status of women. [45] The novel's central concern with gender is often noted in the literature as themes like gendered space, romance, female empowerment, wealth, parenting, and masculinity.

Jane Fairfax is the daughter of Lieut. Fairfax, an infantryman, and his wife, Jane Bates, who was the daughter of Mr and Mrs. Bates and the sister of Miss Bates. Both her parents died by the time she was three years old; her father died in action abroad, and her mother died soon afterwards from consumption and grief. [1] There are numerous parallels between the main characters and plots of Pride and Prejudice and Emma: Both novels feature a proud central character, respectively, Darcy and Emma; a critical future spouse, Elizabeth and Mr Knightly; an easily swayed friend, Bingley and Harriet; an almost-thwarted marital ambition, Jane and Martin; a dependent relative, Georgiana and Mr Woodhouse; and a potential object of matrimony who is a wrong choice for the central character, Anne de Bourgh and Frank Churchill. [45] [46] These pairs suggest that Emma may have been a gendered reversal of the earlier novel. [45] Such reversals were familiar to Austen through the works of favoured authors like Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, and William Shakespeare. [45] Emma Rewards". The Providence Phoenix. The Phoenix Media/Communications Group. 7 December 2000. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012 . Retrieved 27 December 2011. Pucci, Suzanne R.; Thompson, James, eds. (2003). Jane Austen and Co.: Remaking the Past in Contemporary Culture. State University of New York Press. ISBN 0791456161.

In March 2019, Bill Nighy, Mia Goth, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner, Miranda Hart, Rupert Graves, Gemma Whelan, Amber Anderson and Tanya Reynolds joined the cast, [7] and Alexandra Byrne signed as costume designer. [8] Principal photography began on 18 March 2019, was scheduled to conclude on 24 May, but eventually wrapped on 6 June 2019. [9] [10] [11] It was released digitally in March 2020 in the United States, Canada and the UK through Premium VOD on streaming platforms, due to movie theatre closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. [19] It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 19 May. [20] Reception [ edit ] Box office [ edit ] It is only Mr Knightley who can willingly share the burden of Emma's father, as well as providing her with guidance, love and companionship. He has been in love with her since she was 13 years old, but neither he nor she have realized that there is a natural bond between them. He declares his love for her: "What did she say? Just what she ought, of course. A lady always does.". [54] Female empowerment [ edit ]

Meanwhile, Mrs. Weston tells Emma that Mr. Knightley brought his carriage so that he could convey Jane home. Mrs. Weston suggests that a match may be forming between Jane and Mr. Knightley, but Emma resists this supposition vigorously, explaining that she cannot bear the thought of Mr. Knightley marrying because then her nephew, George and Isabella’s son Henry, will not be able to inherit Donwell Abbey, the Knightley estate in the town of the same name. Mrs. Weston suspects that Mr. Knightley is the one who sent Jane the pianoforte. Emma (stylized as Emma.) is a 2020 period romantic comedy film directed by Autumn de Wilde, from a screenplay by Eleanor Catton, based on Jane Austen's 1815 novel of the same name. It stars Anya Taylor-Joy as Miss Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy and elegant young woman living with her father in Regency-era England who amuses herself with matchmaking and meddles in the romantic lives of those closest to her. The film also stars Johnny Flynn, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, and Bill Nighy. Emma, live BBC TV serial in six parts, starring Diana Fairfax as Emma and directed by Campbell Logan. [76] All episodes are believed to be lost.Amber Anderson interview - how the Emma actor went from Forres to film". The Scotsman. 10 February 2020. In Emma, Emma Woodhouse serves as a direct reflection of Jane Austen's feminist characterization of female heroines, in terms of both female individuality and independence (romantically, financially, etc.). In terms of romantic independence, Emma's father, Henry Woodhouse, very consistently preaches against the idea of marriage. He plays an integral role in Emma's own initial perception of matrimony, leading her to make use of her free time by becoming the town "matchmaker", which leaves her happily single and unwed for the majority of the novel. One of the predominant reasons Emma is able to live a comfortable and independent lifestyle is her gifted inheritance—given to her by a past family member—which allows her to depend on no one other than herself for a sustainable, wealthy, and self-sufficient life although she currently lives in her father's house. Austen portrays Emma as educated and capable, and extremely popular and well-liked in her hometown of Highbury. I have been reading Emma, which is excellent; there is no story whatever, and the heroine is not better than other people; but the characters are all true to life and the style so piquant, that it does not require the adventitious aids of mystery and adventure." John Knightley is Isabella's husband and George's younger brother, 31 years old. He is an attorney by profession. Like the others raised in the area, he is a friend of Jane Fairfax. He greatly enjoys the company of his family, including his brother and his Woodhouse in-laws, but is not a very sociable sort of man. He is forthright with Emma, his sister-in-law, and close to his brother.

Produced by Perfect World Pictures, Working Title Films and Blueprint Pictures, a film adaptation of Austen's novel by Focus Features began development in October 2018 when Taylor-Joy was cast in the title role, with de Wilde attached as the director. The remainder of the supporting roles were cast by March 2019. Principal photography took place between March and June 2019 across England. Emma Approved, a YouTube web series produced by Pemberley Digital and developed by Bernie Su, starring Joanna Sotomura as Emma. [82] [83]Colonel and Mrs Campbell were friends of Jane Fairfax's late father. Since Jane was their guest for extended visits, they took over her education in preparation for her serving as a governess when she grew up. They provided her every advantage possible, short of adoption, and were very fond of her.

Emma’s indecision about whether to attend the Coles’ dinner party brings the novel’s complicated treatment of the issue of class to the fore. It is difficult for us, as modern-day, democratically minded readers, to agree with Austen’s acceptance of the idea that class differences delineate real differences in intelligence and moral and emotional refinement. Yet Mr. Knightley’s objection to a match between Harriet and Mr. Elton, because Harriet’s unknown parentage means that she belongs to a lower class, makes it seem that Austen reinforces the class hierarchy. Throughout the novel, Knighley’s reason and judgment stand in as surrogates for Austen’s own, and whether or not she believes that class distinctions are always fair, Austen certainly does not aim to overturn the notion of class. Southam, B.C. (1979). Jane Austen: The Critical Heritage Vol I 1811-1870. Routledge. pp.64, 69, 71. ISBN 978-0-203-19671-7. Mr Woodhouse, Emma's father, is a valetudinarian and is paranoid about his own and others' health. He is against eating cake, going outside, attending parties, and marriage, among other things, on the grounds that these might damage the health. As a result, Emma takes on the role of carer for him, as he is incapable of exerting parental influence. Mr Woodhouse is fond of and attached to his daughters, who are likewise affectionate toward him. With his elder daughter Isabella married to Mr Knightley's lawyer brother John and living in London, Emma has taken it upon herself to remain at Hartfield and take care of her father. Emma's consideration towards her father is one of her redeeming attributes.Lenker, Maureen Lee. " Johnny Flynn on writing an original song for Emma and the Emma in his life", Entertainment Weekly. 21 February 2020. But it is “Emma,” a seemingly light, fluffy comedy of manners, with little plot to speak of and a heroine who has the least to fear, that gives us one of the most vulnerable characters Austen ever created, who may actually be Emma's true foil. The 2020 adaptation chose Harriet for this role, but despite her relative class difference to her more genteel neighbors, Harriet has still been relatively protected, and provided with a home and income of her own, albeit a limited one. Miss Bates is a friendly, garrulous spinster whose mother, Mrs Bates, is a friend of Mr Woodhouse. Her niece is Jane Fairfax, daughter of her late sister. She was raised in better circumstances in her younger days as the vicar's daughter; now she and her mother rent rooms in the home of another in Highbury. One day, Emma humiliates her on a day out in the country, when she alludes to her tiresome prolixity. Stern, Lesley (1997). "Emma in Los Angeles: Clueless as a remake of the book and the city". Australian Humanities Review. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013 . Retrieved 12 November 2013.