Emma: A Fragment of a Story

Emma: A Fragment of a Story

Charlotte Brontë
Paese Stati Uniti
Lingua EN
Episodi 1
Ultimo 24.08.2026

This podcast presents the only surviving fragments of Charlotte Brontë's unfinished novel 'Emma', published posthumously. The story follows Miss Mabel Wilcox, who runs a boarding school and encounters the mysterious Conway Fitzgibbon and his daughter. When background checks reveal that no wealthy Fitzgibbon family exists, Miss Wilcox must decide what to do about the possible imposter. These two chapters are prefaced by Brontë's editor, W. M. Thackeray.

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    Miss Mabel Wilcox, the owner of a newly opened girl's boarding school, meets the wealthy Mr. Conway Fitzgibbon, who drops off his frail daughter to be educated there. When background checks are made, it is discovered that no well-to-do family by the name of Fitzgibbon exists! Supposed Matilda Fitzgibbon is a pseudo-heiress - a fake! What is Miss Wilcox to do?Published posthumously and prefaced by Charlotte Brontë's editor, W. M. Thackeray, these two chapters are the only existing fragments of Emma, the novel Brontë worked on until her untimely death. Since then, it has been "completed" twice by other authors - Summary by Mary Kay

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