Jane Fairfax: The True Heroine of Emma

There are many worthy characters and heroines within Jane Austen’s timeless novels. Many would consider Emma in the novel Emma to be one of Austen’s most worthy, an ideal heroine right alongside Elizabeth Bennet of Pride and Prejudice. Even though it is a popular belief, that Emma is the pure heroine in Emma, I believe Jane Fairfax is the true heroine of the novel. But she …