Emma

Jane Austen, Hugh Thomson, David Pinching

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Macmillan
12 July 2016

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Macmillan Collector's Library

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

Gorgeously illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition also includes an afterword by David Pinching.

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

By: Jane Austen
Illustrated by: Hugh Thomson
Introduction by: David Pinching
Imprint: Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New Edition
Volume: 18
Dimensions: Height: 156mm, Width: 105mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 308g
ISBN: 9781909621664
ISBN 10: 1909621668
Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Pages: 592
Publication Date: 12 July 2016
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Emma

Emma seems to know more about our hearts that we ever do, no matter how old or experienced we may think we are. -- Luke McGrath * Huffpost * Emma's brilliance-its enduring status as a masterpiece of fiction-is that it puts us in the position of the less-clever-than-she-thinks-she-is heroine -- Devoney Looser * Literary Hub * It's provincial, opaque, sparkling and wonderfully optimistic while being at the same time tinged with intimations of sorrow and mortality. -- Robert McCrum, 'The 100 best novels' * The Guardian *

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Jane Austen, Hugh Thomson, David Pinching

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