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"Certainly, delicate ladies have very extraordinary constitutions, Mrs. Elton. You must grant me that."

"No, indeed, I shall grant you nothing. I always take the part of my own sex. I do indeed. I give you notice- you will find me a formidable antagonist on that point. I always stand up for women."

Published in 1816 btw.

"(...) and when she considered how peculiarly unlucky poor Mr. Elton was in being in the same room at once with the woman he had just married, the woman he wanted to marry, and the women whom he had been expected to marry, she must allow him to have the right to look as little wise, and to be as much affectedly, and as little really easy as could be."
Elton suffering from too many hoes disorder

Messy bitch Frank Churchill has arrived to start the dramaaaa

Oh I am having so much fun. It's delightful seeing a female character from 200 years ago whose main positive attribute is her intelligence. Everyone around her is like yep Emma is a beautiful genius queen and we all respect her as de facto head of her household. Mr. Knightley, you don't fool me.