Emma

Motion, Andrew (Introduction By); Austen, Jane (Author)

ISBN 10: 0099589273 / ISBN 13: 9780099589273

Published by Vintage 0, New York, New York, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Emma
• Publisher: Vintage 0, New York, New York
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0099589273
• ISBN 13: 9780099589273
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Book Type: New Book

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Synopsis

'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
     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. 

   • All of Austen's six major novels rejacketed in beautiful new series style by hipster illustrator Leanne Shapton 

   • With a new introduction by Andrew Motion

About the Author

JANE AUSTEN was born in Steventon rectory on December 16, 1775. Her family later moved to Bath, then to Southampton and finally to Chawton in Hampshire. She began writing Pride and Prejudice when she was twenty-two years old. It was originally called First Impressions and was initially rejected by the publishers and only published in 1813 after much revision. She published four of her novels in her lifetime, Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816). Jane Austen died on July 18, 1817. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were both published posthumously in 1818.