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The Watsons is an abandoned novel by Jane Austen, probably begun about 1803. There have been a number of arguments advanced as to why she did not complete it, and other authors have since attempted the task.
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- Preface
- Chapter I
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter Vi
- Chapter VII
- Chapter VIII
This work was left by its author, a fragment without a name, in soelementary a state as not even to be divided into chapters, and someobscurities and inaccuracies of expression may be observed in it whichthe author would probably have corrected. The original manuscriptis the property of my sister, Miss Austen, by whose permission itis now published...
The first winter assembly in the town of D——, in Surrey, was to beheld on Tuesday, October 13th, and it was generally expected to bea very good one. A long list of county families was confidently runover as sure of attending, and sanguine hopes were entertained thatthe Osbornes themselves would be there. The Edwards' invitation tothe Watsons follow...
Emma had seen the Edwards only one morning at Stanton; they weretherefore all but strangers to her, and though her spirits were byno means insensible to the expected joys of the evening, she felt alittle uncomfortable in the thought of all that was to precede them.Her conversation with Elizabeth, too, giving her some very unpleasantfeelings with re...
The next morning brought a great many visitors. It was the way of theplace always to call on Mrs. Edwards the morning after a ball, and thisneighbourly inclination was increased in the present instance by ageneral spirit of curiosity on Emma's account, as everybody wanted tolook again at the girl who had been admired the night before by LordOsborne...
On the third day after the ball, as Nanny at five minutes before three,was beginning to bustle into the parlour with the tray and knife case,she was suddenly called to the front door by the sound of as smarta rap as the end of a riding whip could give; and though charged byMiss Watson to let nobody in, returned in half a minute with a lookof awkwar...
A week or ten days rolled quietly away after this visit before anynew bustle arose to interrupt, even for half a day, the tranquil andaffectionate intercourse of the two sisters, whose mutual regardwas increasing with the intimate knowledge of each other which suchintercourse produced. The first circumstance to break in on theirsecurity was the rec...
The change in Emma's home society and style of life, in consequenceof the death of one friend and the imprudence of another, had indeedbeen striking. From being the first object of hope and solicitude toan uncle who had formed her mind with the care of a parent, and oftenderness to an aunt whose amiable temper had delighted to give herevery indulge...
During the drive back, Mr. Watson was in very good humour, speakingseveral times of the civility and attention he had received from Mr.Howard and his sister; and praising Charles, to whom he had taken aconsiderable fancy. "As for Lord Osborne," he continued, "though I do not think very muchof him, he is at least preferable to that fellow Musgrave, ...
During the interval which elapsed, Lord Osborne and Mr. Howard bothdiscovered various pretexts for calling at the Rectory; Mr. Watson'shealth, for one thing, causing them no inconsiderable anxiety; andon different occasions when the latter was riding by chance in theneighbourhood of Stanton, and had met Emma out walking with Elizabeth,in view of al...
The Watsons is the unfinished story of Emma Watson, who returns home to her family after being fostered by an aunt and now has to re-aquiant herself with her family. Lady Susan is an epistolary novel about the newly widowed Lady Susan, who is on the prowl for a second advantageous marriage.
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The Watsons is a short story by Jane Austen about the youngest daughter of a clergyman and her sisters' marriage prospects. It is one of her juvenile works that was left incomplete and published posthumously. Read reviews, ratings, and excerpts from this classic literature.
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