have the same reaction to her snobbish attitude toward the Martins. At this point in the reading she comes across as primarily a spoiled, bored, poor little rich girl. The first time I read the book I kept telling myself that there has to be more to Emma than this, as IMO otherwise Austen would not have made her the heroine of the book. Let's face it -- few of us weep buckets for the plight of the idle rich! Maybe we would like to be in their position, but I think most of us would hope we would behave better than Emma is at the present time.