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Emma

Emma( )
Author: Austen, Jane
ISBN:978-0-06-206596-4
Publication Date:Aug 2011
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperTeen
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $9.99
Book Description:

I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.

Emma Woodhouse is certain of one thing: that she's an excellent matchmaker . . . even though she's never been in love. Emma dives into the game of finding an admirer for her newest project, Harriet Smith. But Emma quickly realizes she's in over her head and that she might lose everything if she keeps playing. Beautifully presented for a modern teen audience, this is the...
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Book Details
Pages:592
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Women
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.304 x 7.761 x 1.443 Inches
Book Weight:0.981 Pounds
Author Biography
Austen, Jane (Author)
Jane Austen's life is striking for the contrast between the great works she wrote in secret and the outward appearance of being quite dull and ordinary. Austen was born in the small English town of Steventon in Hampshire, and educated at home by her clergyman father. She was deeply devoted to her family. For a short time, the Austens lived in the resort city of Bath, but when her father died, they returned to Steventon, where Austen lived until her death at the age of 41.

Austen was drawn to literature early, she began writing novels that satirized both the writers and the manners of the 1790's. Her sharp sense of humor and keen eye for the ridiculous in human behavior gave her works lasting appeal. She is at her best in such books as Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), in which she examines and often ridicules the behavior of small groups of middle-class characters. Austen relies heavily on conversations among her characters to reveal their personalities, and at times her novels read almost like plays. Several of them have, in fact, been made into films. She is considered to be one of the most beloved British authors.

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