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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The laugh-out-loud tale of Austen's most famous matchmaker is largely considered her most humorous novel.
Best-selling Regency-era author Jane Austen has created many memorable female characters, with the intriguing Emma Woodhouse being perhaps the most popular. Emma, a matchmaker at heart, is obsessed with love and romance-for others. As for her own love life, she wants nothing of it. She even feels repulsed by the amorous declarations she receives. But as her matchmaking schemes go awry and her friend Harriet shares her feelings toward a certain friend, Mr. Knightley, Emma soon becomes aware of her own heart's longings.
Why Austen fans will love this collectible version of Emma:
Emma features in the following genres: Literary Pick of the Month, Classic fiction: general and literary, General Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories, Fiction
Emma is available in Hardback, Paperback, Ebook, CD-Audio
Emma was written by Jane Austen and published by Canterbury Classics
Emma has 400 pages
Yes it is part of Word Cloud Classics series
£11.69
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