Oneworld Classics
Available: 11/23/07
5.06 x 7.80 · 520 pages
978-1-84749-008-7 CDN $13.95 · pb

Emma

Jane Austen

Emma is considered by many readers to be Jane Austen’s crowning achievement, a timeless comedy of manners that lays bare the limits on women’s autonomy in Regency England.

The disparity between Emma Woodhouse’s self-confidence and self-knowledge, and her determination to arrange marriages for her friends while avoiding one for herself, leads to a painful series of misunderstandings—but with Mr. Knightley having the good sense to challenge her, Emma must eventually recognize her match in every sense.

JANE AUSTEN’s (1775–1817) major works, such as Sense and Sensibility, portray the social life of the English upper class.