Emma

‘I wonder what will become of her!’

So speculate the friends and neighbours of Emma Woodhouse, the lovely, lively, wilful, and fallible heroine of Jane Austen’s fourth published novel. Confident that she knows best, Emma schemes to find a suitable husband for her pliant friend Harriet, only to discover that she understands the feelings of others as little as she does her own heart. As Emma puzzles and blunders her way through the mysteries of her social world, Austen evokes for her readers a cast of unforgettable characters and a detailed portrait of a small town undergoing historical transition.

Written with matchless wit and irony, judged by many to be her finest novel, Emma has been adapted many times for film and television. This new edition emphasises the novel’s extraordinary technical audacity. While apparently conservative in its choice of setting and range of characters, it was – and is – a formally revolutionary work.

Author: Jane Austen
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/01/2022
Series: Oxford World’s Classics
Pages: 432
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.84h x 5.24w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780198837756
Language: English