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Emma

By Jane Austen
Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
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Emma by Jane Austen is a charming exploration of love and relationships in the English countryside through the eyes of Emma Woodhouse, a spirited young woman who delights in matchmaking. Despite her confidence in understanding others' hearts, her attempts often lead to misunderstandings and complications. The novel masterfully unfolds Emma's journey of self-discovery and the realisation of her own feelings amidst social intricacies and romantic entanglements.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fond of witty social commentary, complex characters, and romantic misadventures in a charming English village. It delves into themes of self-discovery, relationships, and the intricacies of matchmaking, appealing to those who appreciate classic literature with a touch of humour and keen insight into human nature.

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Emma

Jane Austen's sparkling novel in a pocket hardback edition

Jane Austen's sparkling novel in a pocket hardback edition

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Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's Emma is a remarkable comedy of manners that follows the charming but insensitive Emma Woodhouse as she sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the little town of Highbury. Taking the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith as her subject, Emma creates misunderstandings and chaos as she tries to find Harriet a suitor, until she begins to realize it isn't the lives of others she must try to transform. Gorgeously illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition also includes an afterword by David Pinching. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

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Emma is praised for its provincial and opaque yet sparkling narrative, which balances optimism with a subtle awareness of sorrow and mortality. The novel's brilliance lies in placing readers in the shoes of its self-deluded heroine, offering insight into human emotions that seem to surpass our own understanding.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781909621664

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 July 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library

Contributors:

  • Introduction by David Pinching
  • Illustrated by Hugh Thomson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 105.0mm

Height: 156.0mm

Weight: 308g

Pages: 592

Collections

Classic Fiction Contemporary Romance Fiction General Fiction Jane Austen Literary Fiction Series: Macmillan Collector's Library Special Editions

About the Author

Jane Austen was born in 1775 in rural Hampshire, the daughter of an affluent village rector who encouraged her in her artistic pursuits. In novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma she developed her subtle analysis of contemporary life through depictions of the middle-classes in small towns. Her sharp wit and incisive portraits of ordinary people have given her novels enduring popularity. She died in 1817.

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