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Emma

by Jane Austen

Social misreadings in a small-town world

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Social misreadings in a small-town world

Emma Woodhouse sets out to arrange a suitable match for her friend Harriet, confident in her own judgment. Her matchmaking plans expose how uncertain she is about other people’s feelings—and her own. Jane Austen frames this comic misadventure within a closely observed community, where personal relationships unfold alongside a town in historical transition. The edition also draws attention to the novel’s formal experimentation, placing its apparently familiar setting and cast in conversation with its unconventional structure.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in courtship and matchmaking plots
  • Those who enjoy novels centered on social relationships and community life
  • Readers exploring formal experimentation in classic fiction

Themes

Matchmaking and courtshipSelf-knowledge and misjudgmentSmall-town societyFormal experimentation

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Book overview

'I wonder what will become of her!'

So speculate the friends and neighbours of Emma Woodhouse, the lovely, lively, wilful, and fallible heroine of Jane Austen's fourth published novel. Confident that she knows best, Emma schemes to find a suitable husband for her pliant friend Harriet, only to discover that she understands the feelings of others as little as she does her own heart. As Emma puzzles and blunders her way through the mysteries of her social world, Austen evokes for her readers a cast of unforgettable characters and a detailed portrait of a small town undergoing historical transition.

Written with matchless wit and irony, judged by many to be her finest novel, Emma has been adapted many times for film and television. This new edition emphasises the novel's extraordinary technical audacity. While apparently conservative in its choice of setting and range of characters, it was - and is - a formally revolutionary work.
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