Emma

Jane Austen, Hugh Thomson, David Pinching

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Macmillan Collector's Library
07 November 2024

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

A gorgeous new pocket-sized special edition bound in real cloth with foiled edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth in 2025. The designs are inspired by Jane Austen’s life and work.

Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen’s Emma is a remarkable comedy of manners. 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.

With original illustrations by the celebrated Hugh Thomson and bonus material about the design.

By: Jane Austen
Illustrated by: Hugh Thomson
Introduction by: David Pinching
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 150mm, Width: 93mm,
ISBN: 9781035040469
ISBN 10: 1035040468
Pages: 592
Publication Date: 07 November 2024
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Jane Austen was born in 1775 in rural Hampshire, the daughter of an affluent village rector who encouraged her in her artistic pursuits. 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.