Emma
Barnes & Noble Classics Series
Jane Austen
ISBN: | 9781593081522 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
Published: | 31 December, 2004 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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Emma
Barnes & Noble Classics Series
Jane Austen
Jane Austen exercises her taste for cutting social observation and her talent for investing seemingly trivial events with profound moral significance as Emma traverses a gentle satire of provincial balls and drawing rooms, along the way encountering the sweet Harriet Smith, the chatty and tedious Miss Bates, and her absurd father Mr. Woodhouse-a memorable gallery of Austen's finest personages. Thinking herself impervious to romance of any kind, Emma tries to arrange a wealthy marriage for poor Harriet, but refuses to recognize her own feelings for the gallant Mr. Knightley. What ensues is a delightful series of scheming escapades in which every social machination and bit of tittle-tattle is steeped in Austen's delicious irony. Ultimately, Emma discovers that Perfect happiness, even in memory, is not common.
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