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Emma

by Jane Austen

ISBN13: 9780553212730
ISBN10: 0553212737
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Emma, first published in 1816, was written when Jane Austen was at the height of her powers. In a novel remarkable for its sparkling wit and modernity, Austen presents readers with two of literature’s greatest comic creations—the eccentric Mr. Woodhouse and that quintessential bore, Miss Bates. Here, too, we have what may well be Jane Austen’s most profound characterization: the witty, imaginative, self-deluded Emma, a heroine the author declared “no one but myself will much like,” but who has been much loved by generations of readers. Delightfully funny, full of rich irony, Emma is regarded as one of Jane Austen’s finest achievements.

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"Jane Austen is my favorite author! ... Shut up in measureless content, I greet her by the name of most kind hostess, while criticism slumbers." —EM Forster

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Emma, when first published in 1816, was written when Jane Austen was at the height of her powers. In it, we have her two greatest comic creations — the eccentric Mr. Woodhouse and that quintissential bore, Miss Bates. In it, too, we have her most profound characterization: the witty, imaginative, self-deluded Emma, a heroine the author declared "no one but myself will much like," but who has been much loved by generations of readers. Delightfull funny, full of rich irony, Emma is regarded as one of Jane Austen's finest achievements.

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Though the domain of Jane Austen’s novels was as circumscribed as her life, her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language. Born the seventh child of the rector of Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, she was educated mainly at home. At an early age she began writing sketches and satires of popular novels for her family’s entertainment. As a clergyman’s daughter from a well-connected family, she had an ample opportunity to study the habits of the middle class, the gentry, and the aristocracy. At twenty-one, she began a novel called “The First Impressions” an early version of Pride and Prejudice. In 1801, on her father’s retirement, the family moved to the fashionable resort of Bath. Two years later she sold the first version of Northanger Abby to a London publisher, but the first of her novels to appear was Sense and Sensibility, published at her own expense in 1811. It was followed by Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815).

After her father died in 1805, the family first moved to Southampton then to Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Despite this relative retirement, Jane Austen was still in touch with a wider world, mainly through her brothers; one had become a very rich country gentleman, another a London banker, and two were naval officers. Though her many novels were published anonymously, she had many early and devoted readers, among them the Prince Regent and Sir Walter Scott. In 1816, in declining health, Austen wrote Persuasion and revised Northanger Abby, Her last work, Sandition, was left unfinished at her death on July 18, 1817. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Austen’s identity as an author was announced to the world posthumously by her brother Henry, who supervised the publication of Northanger Abby and Persuasion in 1818.

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: LPoythress, September 27, 2009 (view all comments by LPoythress)
Jane Austen is a delight to read, and 'Emma' is no exception to the rule. Full of laughter, drama and romance, Austen uses 'Emma' to take a heavy subject (clash of social-classes) and break it down into the silly mess that it is. 'Emma' is the story of a young girl who spends a majority of her time attempting to match her newest friend with a man to marry. After too much meddling and hurting other people, Emma decides to take a break from match-making. It is then that Emma and her friend discover who they truly love...
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: Effie, September 12, 2009 (view all comments by Effie)
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GO BACK TO THE CLASSICS FOR A GOOD READ.
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780553212730
Author:: Austen, Jane
Publisher:: Bantam Books
Location:: New York
Subject:: Fiction
Subject:: Classics
Subject:: Novels and novellas
Subject:: British and irish fiction (fictional works by
Subject:: British and irish
Subject:: Young women
Subject:: Fathers and daughters
Subject:: England
Subject:: Love stories
Edition Number:: Bantam classic ed.
Edition Description:: Bantam Classic
Series:: Bantam classic
Series Volume:: 1600
Publication Date:: January 1984
Binding:: Mass Market Paperbound
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 448
Dimensions:: 694x426x97 45

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