page_title: Mr. Woodhouse
hierarchical_section_title: Mr. Woodhouse
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Portrait&#160;: détail dune illustration du chapitre 17 du volume III&#160;: Emma et son père
context_page_description: Mr. Henry Woodhouse is a central character in Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma and the father of the protagonist, Emma Woodhouse. He is a wealthy member of the English landed gentry who owns a large country estate.
  A valetudinarian widower, keen on gruel and a quiet worldly life, he regrets the earlier marriage of Emma's elder sister, and is opposed to marriages in general.
context_section_description: Mr. Henry Woodhouse is a central character in Jane Austen's 1815 novel Emma and the father of the protagonist, Emma Woodhouse. He is a wealthy member of the English landed gentry who owns a large country estate.
  A valetudinarian widower, keen on gruel and a quiet worldly life, he regrets the earlier marriage of Emma's elder sister, and is opposed to marriages in general.
caption: Mr. Woodhouse (right) with his daughter Emma in an illustration by Hugh Thomson
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