1. social media influencer社交媒体网红

2. landed gentry有土地的乡绅（a historical British social class）

3. a timeless classic永不过时的作品，经典作品

4. a celebrated novel/actor 一本著名的小说/演员

5. it has seen various iterations有诸多版本

6. an intriguing character 一个有趣的角色

intriguing UK /ɪnˈtriːɡɪŋ/ adj.有趣的；吸引人的

7. be armed with 拥有（品质、能力、特征等）if you're armed with sth, you have a certain ability or quality or feature

8. live one’s life through a filter活在滤镜之下 if you are living your life through a filter, this means that you are living your life through social media

9. a dictator of taste 流行品味的主导者

10. devour UK /dɪˈvaʊər/ vt. ①急切的读to read books very quickly and very eagerly; ②狼吞虎咽地吃to eat sth

11. protagonist UK /prəˈtæɡənɪst/ n.①主角；②拥护者

12. lacerate UK /ˈlæsəreɪt/ vt. ①划破（皮或肉）②严厉抨击

①Jane Austen, the Georgian era author of comic novels about love among the landed gentry only gained popularity fifty years after her own death. Her reputation skyrocketed in the 20th century as readers began to devour her timeless classics.

②Emma, one of her most celebrated novels, has seen various screen, radio, and stage iterations over the decades. This year’s cinematic release is set in Regency England - but the protagonist seems ironically relevant to today.

③Emma Woodhouse is one of Austen’s most intriguing heroines. Extrovertly self-confident, spoiled, selfish, self-assured and armed with a lacerating wit. Austen once described Emma as a character “no one but myself will much like.” It is often claimed that most people know someone like Emma.

④In the latest version she's played by Anya Taylor-Joy. "I think if Emma were alive today, she would start out as queen of social media. She'd be living her life through a filter and trying to present herself in a certain way. She's a dictator of taste and would make a perfect social media influencer. But by the end of the story Austen wrote she's changed so I suspect she would take a break and go travelling to try to find herself," says Taylor-Joy.