Luzula

I think it's probably the funniest Austen, in that so much of it is a comedy of errors. I also really enjoy how deep we are in Emma's point of view (fitting for the only Austen novel named after a character). Austen is basically inventing new narrative techniques around PoV on the fly, and it's just really cool to sit back and watch her work. It's also, like Mansfield Park, a book about social pressure, and cruelty, though at this point, it's not from the point of view of the victim, but the aggressor. (I don't think we're meant to see Emma as the heroine, nor anyone else, though in an earlier Austen, we might have seen this story from Jane Fairfax's perspective.)

I also don't think Mr. Knightly is always right. I think he's just as subject to caprice as most of the other characters, but because it's filtered through Emma's PoV, that's not as clear initially. We start to see more as the narrative goes on. A lot of the book is telling you one thing, and doing another.

And yeah, the femslash.

ETA: And to the point of embarrassment squick. Weirdly, even though I'm the sort of person who hides behind her wife during embarrassing moments in romcoms, and can't watch shows like The Office at all, and I can see why a good chunk of Emma is about humiliation and shame... it's never bothered me? I'll have to think about why.