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Emma, the village of Highbury

Author: Jane Austen Year: 1815 Length: 428 characters Difficulty: medium Public domain

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Highbury, the large and populous village, almost amounting to a town, to which Hartfield, in spite of its separate lawn, and shrubberies, and name, did really belong, afforded her no equals. The Woodhouses were first in consequence there. All looked up to them. She had many acquaintance in the place, for her father was universally civil, but not one among them who could be accepted in lieu of Miss Taylor for even half a day.

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Emma came out in December 1815, with 1816 printed on the title page, and it was the last novel Austen saw published in her lifetime. Highbury is invented, but Austen places it in Surrey, sixteen miles from London. She told her family she had chosen a heroine whom nobody but herself would much like. Project Gutenberg carries the full text.

About this text

Emma came out in December 1815, with 1816 printed on the title page, and it was the last novel Austen saw published in her lifetime. Highbury is invented, but Austen places it in Surrey, sixteen miles from London. She told her family she had chosen a heroine whom nobody but herself would much like. Project Gutenberg carries the full text.

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The sentence keeps adding qualifications, which makes it good drill for comma keys and for holding a line without pausing.

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