Emma

By Jane Austen | Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

About the book

A fascinating, humorous, and timeless coming-of-age tale featuring one of Jane Austen's most memorable characters.

“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition…had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.”

The celebrated opening of Jane Austen’s Emma introduces readers to a supremely self-assured young woman who believes herself immune to romance. By turns brilliant and foolish, self-aware and self-deluding, Emma “leaps from error to error,” writes Margaret Drabble in her incisive Introduction, wreaking comic havoc in the lives of those around her with well-meant and ill-fated attempts at matchmaking. 

The mature flowering of Austen’s singular and prolific genius, Emma is a fascinating, hilarious, and timeless coming-of-age tale—the compelling story of a woman seeking her true nature and finding true love in the process.

With an Introduction by Margaret Drabble
and an Afterword by Sabrina Jeffries

Editions of Emma

Hardcover
ISBN 9780460000246
Hardcover
ISBN 9780460010245
Paperback
ISBN 9780451530820
Paperback
ISBN 9780451502162
Paperback
ISBN 9780451503886
Paperback
ISBN 9780451507051
Paperback
ISBN 9780451507983
Paperback
ISBN 9780451510105
Paperback
ISBN 9780451513571
Paperback
ISBN 9780451515247
Paperback
ISBN 9780451519412
Paperback
ISBN 9780451523068
Paperback
ISBN 9780451526274
EBook
ISBN 9781101098226
Audiobook
ISBN 9780140861068

Read an Excerpt

A fascinating, humorous, and timeless coming-of-age tale featuring one of Jane Austen's most memorable characters.

“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition…had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.”

The celebrated opening of Jane Austen’s Emma introduces readers to a supremely self-assured young woman who believes herself immune to romance. By turns brilliant and foolish, self-aware and self-deluding, Emma “leaps from error to error,” writes Margaret Drabble in her incisive Introduction, wreaking comic havoc in the lives of those around her with well-meant and ill-fated attempts at matchmaking. 

The mature flowering of Austen’s singular and prolific genius, Emma is a fascinating, hilarious, and timeless coming-of-age tale—the compelling story of a woman seeking her true nature and finding true love in the process.

With an Introduction by Margaret Drabble
and an Afterword by Sabrina Jeffries

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Emma about?

A fascinating, humorous, and timeless coming-of-age tale featuring one of Jane Austen's most memorable characters.

“Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition…had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.”

The celebrated opening of Jane Austen’s Emma introduces readers to a supremely self-assured young woman who believes herself immune to romance. By turns brilliant and foolish, self-aware and self-deluding, Emma “leaps from error to error,” writes Margaret Drabble in her incisive Introduction, wreaking comic havoc in the lives of those around her with well-meant and ill-fated attempts at matchmaking. 

The mature flowering of Austen’s singular and prolific genius, Emma is a fascinating, hilarious, and timeless coming-of-age tale—the compelling story of a woman seeking her true nature and finding true love in the process.

With an Introduction by Margaret Drabble
and an Afterword by Sabrina Jeffries

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Emma?

Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Classic fiction: literary and general

Where can I read a sample of Emma?

You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780460000246

Who is/are the Author/s of the book Emma?

Jane Austen

Who is the Publisher of the book Emma?

Penguin Publishing Group

What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

Emma is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780460000246) and hardcover(ISBN 9780460010245) and paperback(ISBN 9780451530820) and paperback(ISBN 9780451502162) and paperback(ISBN 9780451503886) and paperback(ISBN 9780451507051) and paperback(ISBN 9780451507983) and paperback(ISBN 9780451510105) and paperback(ISBN 9780451513571) and paperback(ISBN 9780451515247) and paperback(ISBN 9780451519412) and paperback(ISBN 9780451523068) and paperback(ISBN 9780451526274) and ebook(ISBN 9781101098226) and audiobook(ISBN 9780140861068)

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