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Originally Posted by grimo1re
And I don't think Mr Woodhouse is a gentleman - he's rich and obnoxious in my book  |
You may not consider him to be a gentleman, but he is a Gentleman - a technical term of the time for someone who has a non-earned income, as opposed to tradesmen or servants or labourers. Having been written a couple of centuries ago, some words now have different meanings.
Emma is certainly supposed to be a bit obnoxious - spoiled and certain of her own opinions - at the start. Hopefully you'll like her more at the end.