Emma Contributor(s): Austen, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486406482 ISBN-13: 9780486406480 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $8.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1998 Annotation: When the bright and beautiful young heiress from whom this novel takes its name finds herself in want of occupation, she takes up matchmaking--much to her neighbors' distraction and the reader's mirth. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Family Life - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 98-50939 |
Lexile Measure: 810 |
Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
Physical Information: 0.86" H x 5.16" W x 8.27" (0.53 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Demographic Orientation - Small Town |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse -- one of Jane Austen's immortal creations -- flatters herself that she alone has secured the marriage and that she possesses a special talent for bringing lovers together. The young heiress next busies herself with finding a suitable husband for her friend and prot g , Harriet Smith, setting off an entertaining sequence of comic mishaps and misunderstanding in this sparkling comedy of English-village romance. Beneath its considerable wit, the novel is also the story of a young woman's progress toward self-understanding. |