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Emma (Penguin Popular Classics) Austen, Jane
COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED
Emma is the culmination of Jane Austen's genius,
a sparkling comedy of love and marriage.
Emma Woodhouse is introduced to us as 'handsome,
clever and rich' and, according to Jane Austen, a
heroine 'which no one but myself would like'. Yet
such is Emma's spirited wit that, despite her superior
airs and egotism, few readers have failed to succumb
to her charm.
The comedy turns on Emma's self-appointed role as
energetic match-maker for her sweet, silly friend
Harriet. Emma herself, meanwhile, is confidently
immune to the charms of the male sex. Her emotional
coming of age is woven into what Ronald Blythe has
called 'the happiest of love stories, the most
fiendishly difficult of detective stories and a
matchless repository of English wit'.