Publication Date: 26/06/2014 ISBN: 9780099589273 Category:

Emma (Vintage Classics Austen Series)

Jane Austen, Andrew Motion, Andrew Motion

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication Date: 26/06/2014 ISBN: 9780099589273 Category:
Paperback / Softback

£8.99

Quantity:

Description

Jane Austen’s Emma is her masterpiece, mixing the sparkle of her early books with a deep sensibility’ Observer

Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances’ love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new friend Harriet, however, lead her into complications that ultimately test her own detachment from the world of romance.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW MOTION

VINTAGE CLASSICS AUSTEN SERIES – all six of Jane Austen’s major novels, beautifully designed and introduced by our finest contemporary writers.

Publisher Review

It is the cleverest of books. I especially love the dialogue - every speech reveals the characters' obsessions and preoccupations, yet it remains perfectly natural...absolutely gripping -- Susannah Clarke Austen's characters are unquestionably one key to her greatness. Her understanding of the human heart is forensic and also frosted with the necessary detachment that gives deeper meaning to her rendering of human frailty * Guardian * I'd like to write a play as perfect as Emma -- Simon Gray That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements of feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with -- Sir Walter Scott Whatever age you are, Austen has something for you. I would go further, in fact, to assert that a reader never comes away from an Austen novel empty-handed * Joanna Trollope *

Book experts at your service

What are you looking for?

A recommendation
Something specific
  • Mr B's Recommendation Station
  • Fill in the three questions below, along with your name and email address, and our book experts will be in touch soon with their personal recommendations

  • I'm after something specific
  • Tell us about the book, author or subject you're looking for, along with your name and email address and our book experts will be in touch as soon as possible