Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.<br/><br/>Emma Woodhouse — handsome, clever, and rich — after having attended a wedding of a close friend, has decided that she is the primo matchmaker in all of England. She forges forward, headstrong, into setting up couples she believes should be together. Her youthful hubris creates an overconfidence in her matchmaking skills, and her meddling in other people's lives soon begins to have unexpected, and at times outrageous, outcomes.