Emma -- Jane Austen

<p><b>A dazzling pocket-sized special anniversary edition bound in real cloth with foiling, sprayed edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. Part of a collectable series inspired by Jane Austen's life and work.</b> <p/>Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's <i>Emma </i>is a remarkable comedy of manners. 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 Smith as her subject, Emma creates misunderstandings and chaos as she tries to find Harriet a suitor, until she begins to realize it isn't the lives of others she must try to transform. <p/>With original illustrations by the celebrated Hugh Thomson and bonus material about the design.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Jane Austen<br><b>Publisher:</b> MacMillan Collector's Library<br><b>Published:</b> 01/07/2025<br><b>Pages:</b> 592<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.00lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 5.90h x 3.70w x 1.00d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781035040469<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 9-12<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>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 <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>, <i> Mansfield Park</i> and <i>Emma </i>she developed her subtle analysis of contemporary life through depictions of the middle classes in small towns. Her shar