Status Updates From A Completing of The Watsons...

And of course, there is the requisite misunderstanding cropping up between Emma and Mr. Howard... I do hope we get to see Elizabeth and Mr. Shaw's relationship develop. I like their dynamic!

"Up to this point in his life, he had never met his equal for wit, openness and sarcastic social commentary and had ever looked down upon his company, wherever he went, as being far inferior to himself... But here was the beautiful Elizabeth Watson -- fearless in her approach and dumbfounding in her astuteness and though he had not admitted it to himself as yet, he was thoroughly captivated."

You can tell that this was one of Austen's earlier works, and still a rough draft -- the reader is dropped into the story with very little introduction/explanation of the characters, their background and situation. Surprisingly, the characterization of the main character Emma and her sister Elizabeth is flat and undistinguished at the beginning.