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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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.
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Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances' love affairs.
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 Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
Emma has 512 pages
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