Who is Emily from Cane River and what is their importance? Cane_River English & Literature Emily | Cane River

Daughter of Philomene and Narcisse Fredieu, Emily is the first member of the family who is in a situation in which she can be "petted" and spoiled to some degree. Though her life is filled with hard work, she is less troubled and treated much better than her mother and grandmother had been. Emily learns to read and write and is sent away to New Orleans to a convent school by Narcisse. She is light-skinned and bears children by a light-skinned man, further "bleaching' the line. Emily is, like her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, strong-willed and proud. She has several children by the Frenchman, Joseph Billes, though there is public derision over the relationship.