- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: OUP Oxford; New Ed edition (12 Jun 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192802372
- ISBN-13: 978-0192802378
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 764,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"I should like to see Emma in love, and in some doubt of return; it would do her good," remarks one of Jane Austen's characters in Emma.
Quick-witted, beautiful, headstrong and rich, Emma Woodhouse is inordinately fond of match-making select inhabitants of the village of Highbury, yet aloof and oblivious as to the question of whom she herself might marry. This paradox multiplies the intrigues and sparkling ironies of Jane Austen's masterpiece, her comedy of a sentimental education through which Emma discovers a capacity for love and marriage. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Ashley Tauchert, University of Exeter
"This is an excellent package of well-edited text and thoughtful introduction, notes and sources. A handsome, clever and rich edition."
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Please, if you have never read Emma, please do judge this book by any film or TV adaptation you may have seen. The classic mistake of adaptors is to squeeze out a plot where there is none, trying to turn it into another Pride and Prejudice. (I love P & P, but Emma is better.)
This novel is about characters and is a wickedly funny observation of the society, the manners and the daily lives of the early 19th century. It sparkles with humour.
This is a truly great book that does not give up all its secrets at the first (or even the tenth reading.) Nothing happens in Emma, everything happens in Emma.
Read, savour, re-read.
(Who am I to praise the great Jane?. Unworthy. I will just genuflect and go.)
This novel is about characters and is a wickedly funny observation of the society, the manners and the daily lives of the early 19th century. It sparkles with humour.
This is a truly great book that does not give up all its secrets at the first (or even the tenth reading.) Nothing happens in Emma, everything happens in Emma.
Read, savour, re-read.
(Who am I to praise the great Jane?. Unworthy. I will just genuflect and go.)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This novel - after a little adjustment to the style of writing if not accustomed to Austen - makes a marvellous read ! Emma is feisty, warm, witty and mischievous - but not without fault. One finds oneself caught up in the characterisation of Emma and quickly realise that the themes of pride, perception and prejudice ( Austen's speciality ) run throughout.
The reader really is only meant to see events from Emma's point of view - she is the heroine afterall. Her personality carries this novel - she is amusing, clever and inspiring - she has a good nature, is not too egotistical and is willing to learn from her mistakes.
My fave Jane Austen novel - with bouncy, flowing dialogue, an interesting main character and clever subversive story that does not reveal too much all at once, but allows the reader to indulge in the interraction of characters.
The reader really is only meant to see events from Emma's point of view - she is the heroine afterall. Her personality carries this novel - she is amusing, clever and inspiring - she has a good nature, is not too egotistical and is willing to learn from her mistakes.
My fave Jane Austen novel - with bouncy, flowing dialogue, an interesting main character and clever subversive story that does not reveal too much all at once, but allows the reader to indulge in the interraction of characters.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
What can I add about this jewel of a book.
I first read it as a A level student in 1982, and did not know quite what to expect, having read no Austen before. What a revealation it was, the characterisation and pacing of the novel are as close to perfection as I have ever encountered.
Surely no writer can ever have matched Ms Austen for her consummate use of dialogue, and often what is implied says so much more than what is stated, a difficult technique.
Particular favourites of mine are Mr Wodehouse, and his constant fear of illness and draghts, and the verbal excesses of Miss Bates, both instantly recognisable characters.
If you do not know the plot, I won't reveal it, but heartily recommend this glorious read to anybody of any age.
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Emma by Jane Austen.
I last read this at school, and did not like the characters. Now I have re read it I have appreciated how witty it is. I loved every page.
Published 4 days ago by Josephine
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Published 1 month ago by The Big Pink One
A couth and proper sitcom
I'll be honest: I loathe Jane Austen. I really wanted to like her for a time because I'd heard her work was a biting critique of the age in which she wrote. Nonsense. Read more
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One of the most renowned classic writers brings you a tale of romance, intrigue and matchmaking at its worst.
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