Author: | Jane Austen |
ISBN13: | 978-0451513571 |
Title: | Emma |
Format: | mbr lrf mbr lrf |
ePUB size: | 1418 kb |
FB2 size: | 1134 kb |
DJVU size: | 1534 kb |
Language: | English |
Category: | Classics |
Publisher: | Signet Classics (April 1, 1964) |
Emma is often labeled as Austen’s most flawless piece of work, as she explores social issues concerning the difficulties women face living in a society and time when social status defined their very existence. A classic depiction of youthful pride and a misinterpretation of signs, Emma is not without reason celebrated as one of the most revered social comedies.
Introduction and short summary Jane Austen began writing Emma in 1814, and the book was published anonymously for the first time in 1816. Emma herself says about Miss Taylor that she 'fell little short of a mother in affection. Jane Austen almost immediately gives us an appraisal on the main character of the book, Emma Woodhouse. Jane Austen finds that Emma must learn to be a better person with greater respect for others.
The book is justly named Emma, as the whole thing is Emma. There is only one short scene where Emma herself is not on stage; and that one scene is Knightley’s conversation about her with Mrs Weston, proving she has a very dominant role.
Like all of Jane Austen's novels, Emma is a novel of courtship and social manners. The majority of the book focuses on the question of marriage: who will marry whom and for what reasons will they marry: love, practicality, or necessity? At the center of the narration is the title character, Emma Woodhouse, a heiress who lives with her widowed father at their estate, Hartfield
Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian–Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters. Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like.
Emma: Victorian-Era Romance. Miss Emma Woodhouse has made one successful match and is intent on making others. Who will be her next victim? The young student of unknown heritage?