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Her flawless prose, displays such shrewd wit, delicate irony, and accomplished. Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English author known primarily for her six major novels set among the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Click on the cover image above to read some pages of this book! She also left two earlier compositions, a short epistolary novel, Lady Susan, and an unfinished novel, The Watsons. Weight (kg): 0.376 Country of Publication: GB Emma's mother has been dead for about sixteen years, since that is the interval during which Miss Taylor has been employed as her beloved governess—Emma's memory of her goes back to the age of five. Series: Vintage Classics stories published in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Compare book prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Free download or read online Emma pdf (ePUB) book. The novel was first published in December 1815. Let the stories live on. Number Of Pages: 384. Here she remained, except for a few visits to London, until in May 1817 she moved to Winchester to be near her doctor. He exists at such a depressed level of vitality that he seems to be far older than his years. The Classics Book Club will be diving into all the classics you’ve always wanted to read. Simple words, sturdy pages, and a beloved story make these books the perfect vehicle for early learning with an erudite twist.… The Penguin English Library Edition of Emma by Jane Austen'I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall'Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage.Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. She takes pleasure as well in the amenities of an established place in which to live, the establishment being part of a settled order in which she also feels at home. Twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse is comfortably dominating the social order in the village of Highbury, convinced that she has both the understanding and the right to manage other people’s lives—for their own good, of course. Condition: New. Emma loves talk, the back and forth of conversation, the playfulness of wit and the bite of argument; her father is somewhere else. These "real evils" are at once modulated by "rather" and "a little too much." "The real evils, indeed, of Emmaâs 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 I especially love the dialogue - every speech reveals the characters' obsessions and preoccupations, yet it remains perfectly natural...absolutely gripping" -- Susannah Clarke "Jane Austen is my favourite author! About the Author Emma (Classics) by Austen, Jane Book condition: Used; Acceptable Book Description Affordable books. Virginia Woolf called Jane Austen "the most perfect artist among women," and Emma Woodhouse is arguably her most perfect creation. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. the evil of the actual disparity in their ages . New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Book Review - The Classics - Emma by Jane Austen One could hardly have lived in a more constricted and insular world than Jane Austen and yet she managed to bring her world to life with wit, vividness, and insight that are rarely found in the works of today’s modern authors. Delivery confirmation on all US orders. Steven Marcus is Professor of English and Comparative Literature and George Delacorte Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, and a specialist in nineteenth-century literature and culture. As a girl she wrote stories, including burlesques of popular romances. She dearly loved her father, but he was no companion for her. Emma is very good looking in a rather striking and forceful way (not pretty or, here, beautiful); she is intelligent and quick-witted; and she is more than affluent when it comes to material means. Bom on December 16,1775, in the Hampshire village of Steventon where her father was a rector, she grew up in a lively, affectionate family, who were (she recalled) "great novel- readers." Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! Mr. Woodhouse is somewhere between sixty-five and seventy years old. Are you an author? About Emma. Find Emma (Wordsworth Classics) (1853260282) by Jane Austen. Friendly, affectionate, and amiable as he may be, he is neither brainy nor energetic. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances’ love affairs. Part of Penguin’s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. This edition includes a new chronology, additional suggestions for further reading and the original Penguin Classics introduction by Tony Tanner. Set in Highbury, ... Emma, fourth novel by Jane Austen, published in three volumes in 1815. Miss Taylor's wedding precipitates in Emma a "gentle sorrow." could never find fault.". Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. was much increased by his constitution and habits; for having been a valetudinarian all his life, without activity of mind or body, he was a much older man in ways than in years; and though every where beloved for the friendliness of his heart and his amiable temper, his talents could not have recommended him at any time.Although Emma dearly loves her father, they don't have interests or resources in common. After his death in 1805, she moved around with her mother; in 1809, they settled in Chawton, near Alton, Hampshire. Emma (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) : Jane Austen : 9780143106463 We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. These self- deprecatory remarks understate the universality of her concerns and the largeness of her most prevalent theme: the need for men and women to find self- awareness and identity while accepting, out of necessity, the powerlessness and dependency which society so often confers upon them. She understandably experiences Mrs. Weston's happiness as a "loss" as well, and sits in "mournful thought" pondering "what she had lost." Each book is specially crafted after reading complete book in less than 30 pages. Jane Austen (Author) 4.3 out of 5 stars 3,334 ratings. Earn 2 Qantas Points per $1 spent. Published: 30th August 2007 See search results for this author. Thinking herself impervious to romance of any kind, Emma tries to arrange a wealthy marriage for poor Harriet, but refuses to recognize her own feelings for the gallant Mr. Knightley. 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