The answer to this
question is both yes and no. Austen generally, in all of her novels and not just in
, uses the omniscient narrator to guide us through the trials and
tribulations of her characters. Any cursory examination of this novel reveals the author's voice
speaking in to the situation and commenting on her heroine and giving us information about what
she is like. Consider the following quote, for example:
The real evils, indeed, of Emmas situation were the power of having rather too much her own way,
and a disposition to think a little too well of herself: these were the disadvantages which
threatened alloy to her many enjoyments. The danger, however, was...
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