While Pride and Prejudice may sit at the top of many people’s favourite Jane Austen books, Emma has to be a contender for the title too. For me Emma has a little more bite, it isn’t quite as comfortable a read as Pride and Prejudice, and that makes it more interesting. In terms of lead characters Emma is right up there, she may be headstrong, snobbish, convinced she knows best, yet because of those characteristics, because she isn't perfect, she also feels so very real. Emma is a bright, beautifully written novel with real heart and I love it.
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A high-spirited young woman meddles in other peoples' love lives in this classic comedy of errors set in nineteenth century England. For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image.
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A high-spirited young woman meddles in other peoples' love lives in this classic comedy of errors set in nineteenth century England. For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others.
Emma features in the following genres: Literary Pick of the Month, Classic fiction: general and literary, General Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Fiction
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Emma was written by Jane Austen and published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Emma has 544 pages
Yes it is part of Enriched Classics series
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