17630. EMERSON & AUSTIN ON LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. This paper discusses how Ralph Waldo Emerson’s views in the essays “Love” and “Friendship” relate to the character Elizabeth Bennet in Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice. Argues that Elizabeth Bennet fails to show a strong sense of Emerson’s concept of “love in friendship” in the way she deals with Charolotte although she does succeed in this through her relationship with Darcy. KEYWORDS: jane austen Ralph waldo emerson love friendship. Written 2005. MLA Style. 7 pages, 19 footnotes, 6 bibliographic sources. 1,671 words. 14c, 14e