Author:Jane Austen Binding: Hardcover ISBN: 014119247X Availability:
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Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, "Emma" is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work.
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If you collect books, this is a wonderful addition to almost any collection. The story itself is of course timeless and great, but it's really the fact that it has been "wrapped" so beautifully at a reasonable price which makes this book a solid selection. Can't wait for penguin to release more in this series.
It's such a happiness when good people get together:
"Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition" is a suitable heroine for Jane Austen's lightest, frothiest novel. While "Emma" is not nearly as dramatic as Austen's other works, it is an enchanting little comedy of manners in which a young woman with the best intentions meddles in others' love lives... with only the faintest idea of how people (including herself) actually feel. After matchmaking her governess Miss Taylor, Emma Woodhouse considers herself a... more info
