Emma

Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's Emma is a remarkable comedy of manners. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson and includes an afterword by David Pinching.Austen 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.

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. Jane remained in the vicinity of her childhood home for much of her life. As such it was through family and friends that she learned most of her considerable understanding of manners and relationships. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Austen
• Assisted by: Hugh Thomson (Illustration), David Pinching (Introduction)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2016
• EAN: 9781909621664
• ISBN: 978-1-909621-66-4
• No. of pages: 592
• Dimensions: 100 mm x 158 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Satire, Women, London, Greater London, Coming of age, Historical romance, Regency, FICTION / Satire, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Friendship, c 1800 to c 1900, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Literary, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1811 to c 1820 (Regency period), Small Town & Rural, Family Life / General, Romance / Historical / Victorian, Romance / Historical / Regency, Regency style, mothers day; mothering sunday; Macmillan Collector's Library