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Emma (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Jane Austen
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Description for Emma (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 93. .
Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's Emma is a remarkable comedy of manners. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson and includes an afterword by David Pinching. Austen follows the charming but insensitive Emma Woodhouse as she sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the little town of Highbury. Taking the pretty but dreary Harriet ... Read more
Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's Emma is a remarkable comedy of manners. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson and includes an afterword by David Pinching. Austen follows the charming but insensitive Emma Woodhouse as she sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the little town of Highbury. Taking the pretty but dreary Harriet ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Macmillan Collector's Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909621664
SKU
V9781909621664
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99-50
About Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born in 1775 in rural Hampshire, the daughter of an affluent village rector who encouraged her in her artistic pursuits. In novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma she developed her subtle analysis of contemporary life through depictions of the middle-classes in small towns. Her sharp wit and incisive portraits of ordinary people have ... Read more
Reviews for Emma (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Emma seems to know more about our hearts that we ever do, no matter how old or experienced we may think we are.
Luke McGrath
Huffpost
Emma's brilliance-its enduring status as a masterpiece of fiction-is that it puts us in the position of the less-clever-than-she-thinks-she-is heroine
Devoney Looser
Literary Hub
It's provincial, opaque, sparkling ... Read more
Luke McGrath
Huffpost
Emma's brilliance-its enduring status as a masterpiece of fiction-is that it puts us in the position of the less-clever-than-she-thinks-she-is heroine
Devoney Looser
Literary Hub
It's provincial, opaque, sparkling ... Read more