Emma (Vintage Classics)
Author(s): Jane Austen
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW MOTION
The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Motion.
'Jane Austen's Emma is her masterpiece, mixing the sparkle of her early books with a deep sensibility' Robert McCrum, Observer
Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances' love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new friend Harriet, however, lead her into complications that ultimately test her own detachment from the world of romance.
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The real evils, indeed, of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself - Emma, Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16th December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath and then to Chawton in Hampshire. She wrote from a young age and Pride and Prejudice was begun when she was twenty-two years old. It was originally called First Impressions. It was initially rejected by the published she submitted it too and eventually published in 1813 after much revision. All four of her novels published in her lifetime were published anonymously. Jane Austen died on 18th July 1817. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were published posthumously.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Random House
- : Arrow
- : 0.8
- : 30 September 2007
- : 01 November 2007
- : books
Special Fields
- : FC
- : 512
- : oc2007207175
- : 823.7
- : English
- : 710
- : Paperback
- : Jane Austen