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Emma

by Jane Austen

Matchmaking and self-assurance in Jane Austen’s *Emma*

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Matchmaking and self-assurance in Jane Austen’s *Emma*

Emma Woodhouse is a wealthy young woman who feels no need to marry, yet takes an active interest in arranging other people’s romances. Her matchmaking brings her confidence and judgment into play, while the warnings of her friend Mr. Knightley point to the limits of her perspective. Austen’s novel places courtship within the social world of an English community, using Emma’s interference to explore marriage, class, and self-knowledge.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in classic novels centered on courtship and marriage.
  • Those who enjoy stories about a confident protagonist whose judgments are challenged.
  • Readers exploring social class and relationships in Austen’s fiction.

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Courtship and marriageSocial classSelf-knowledgeMatchmaking

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Now a major motion picture starring Anya Taylor-Joy

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her prot
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