Emma - by Jane Austen (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>As daughter of the richest, most important man in the small provincial village of Highbury, Emma Woodhouse is firmly convinced that it is her right--perhaps even her "duty"--to arrange the lives of others. Considered by most critics to be Austen's most technically brilliant achievement, "Emma" sparkles with ironic insights into self-deception, self-discovery, and the interplay of love and power.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Emma</b><i>, </i> first published in 1816, was written when Jane Austen was at the height of her powers. In a novel remarkable for its sparkling wit and modernity, Austen presents readers with two of literature's greatest comic creations--the eccentric Mr. Woodhouse and that quintessential bore, Miss Bates. Here, too, we have what may well be Jane Austen's most profound characterization: the witty, imaginative, self-deluded Emma, a heroine the author declared "no one but myself will much like," but who has been much loved by generations of readers. Delightfully funny, full of rich irony, <b>Emma</b> is regarded as one of Jane Austen's finest achievements.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Jane Austen is my favorite author! ... Shut up in measureless content, I greet her by the name of most kind hostess, while criticism slumbers." --EM Forster<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Though the domain of Jane Austen's novels was as circumscribed as her life, her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language. Born the seventh child of the rector of Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, she was educated mainly at home. At an early age she began writing sketches and satires of popular novels for her family's entertainment. As a clergyman's daughter from a well-connected family, she had an ample opportunity to study the habits of the middle class, the gentry, and the aristocracy. At twenty-one, she began a novel called "The First Impressions" an early version of <b>Pride and Prejudice</b>. In 1801, on her father's retirement, the family moved to the fashionable resort of Bath. Two years later she sold the first version of <b>Northanger Abby</b> to a London publisher, but the first of her novels to appear was <b>Sense and Sensibility</b>, published at her own expense in 1811. It was followed by <b>Pride and Prejudice </b>(1813), <b>Mansfield Park </b>(1814), and <b>Emma </b>(1815). <p/>After her father died in 1805, the family first moved to Southampton then to Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Despite this relative retirement, Jane Austen was still in touch with a wider world, mainly through her brothers; one had become a very rich country gentleman, another a London banker, and two were naval officers. Though her many novels were published anonymously, she had many early and devoted readers, among them the Prince Regent and Sir Walter Scott. In 1816, in declining health, Austen wrote <b>Persuasion </b>and revised <b>Northanger Abby</b>, Her last work, <i>Sandition</i>, was left unfinished at her death on July 18, 1817. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Austen's identity as an author was announced to the world posthumously by her brother Henry, who supervised the publication of <b>Northanger Abby</b> and <b>Persuasion</b> in 1818.
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