Emma - vol 3, ch 14-19

Ahh... another satisfying Austen ending. It's interesting to note that despite Austen's views as expressed through her characters (Emma states several times, "I shall never marry"), at least some of Austen's books end not only in marriage, but marriage for love. During the time Austen wrote, I would think marriages for love were fairly uncommon.

And dear Mrs. Elton delivers her final snub at the end of the book when she does not attend Emma's wedding. "Mrs. Elton, from the particulars detailed by her husband, thought it all extremely shabby, and very inferior to her own" (381). Or...was she not invited?