EMMA - Jane Austen

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~ Trade Paperback Beautiful, spoilt, vain and irrepressibly witty, Emma Woodhouse finds herself the bored mistress of Hartfield, where she lives with her hypochondriac father. Imag ining herself to be a good matchmaker she attempts to organizes the lives of the inhabitants of her sleepy little village with devastating effects . . . A comedy of manners first published in 1816 and the last novel published during her lifetime, Emma's titular subject remains one of Jane Austen's most captivating and vivid characters; a charming, and infuriating, heroine that is a favorite of many readers. Austen's talent for describing the life and mores of a certain class of the English population shines, as does her crafting of fine, ironic and humorous characters who stand the test of time. Show more