Emma

"Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition...had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her."The celebr

The 200th Anniversary Edition of Jane Austen’s classic novel.

“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition…had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.”

The celebrated opening of Jane Austen’s Emma introduces readers to her most unforgettable character: a supremely self-assured and accomplished young woman who believes herself immune to romance.By turns brilliant and foolish, self-aware and self-deluding, Emma “leaps from error to error,” writes Margaret Drabble in her incisive Introduction, wreaking comic havoc in the lives of those around her.The mature flowering of Austen’s singular and prolific genius,Emma is also a fascinating, hilarious, and timeless coming-of-age tale—the compelling story of a woman seeking her true nature and finding true love in the process.
A timeless coming-of-age story follows the adventures of the self-assured and accomplished Emma, a twenty-one-year-old girl of privilege who believes she is immune to romance and has several chaotic and often humorous experiences.Reissue.
Emma has long played matchmaker for her friends and believes her own heart immune from the lures of love.This is a fascinating, hilarious coming-of-age tale of one woman seeking her true nature and finding true love in the process.
Emma Woodhouse, a spoiled young woman used to having her own way, learns that she is not the best person to make decisions about other people's lives.