Emma
Characters in Emma
10 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Emma Woodhouse
A wealthy, clever young woman convinced of her matchmaking talent, whose meddling backfires repeatedly.
Supporting characters
Frank Churchill
A charming newcomer with a secret.
Jane Fairfax
An accomplished, reserved young woman Emma envies.
Mr. Knightley
The one person willing to tell Emma the truth, whose friendship with her deepens over the novel.
Harriet Smith
A pretty, impressionable seventeen-year-old of unknown parentage whom Emma takes up as a protegee and tries to marry off above her station.
Mr. Woodhouse
Emma's fretful, valetudinarian father, whose horror of change and of draughts keeps her tied to Hartfield.
Mrs. Weston
Formerly Miss Taylor, Emma's governess and closest friend; her marriage opens the novel and convinces Emma of her own talent for matchmaking.
Mr. Elton
The vicar of Highbury, whom Emma is determined to match with Harriet — misreading entirely where his own ambitions lie.
Miss Bates
Jane Fairfax's poor, kind and endlessly talkative aunt, and the target of Emma's worst moment of unkindness.
Robert Martin
A respectable young tenant farmer of Donwell whose proposal to Harriet Emma persuades her to refuse.