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Emma

by Jane Austen

First Published

2009

Subjects

Social life and customs
Mate selection
Fiction
Fathers and daughters
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Historical Fiction
Female friendship
Young women
Classic Literature
Love stories, English
Reading Level-Grade 7
Reading Level-Grade 9
Reading Level-Grade 8
Reading Level-Grade 11
Reading Level-Grade 10
Reading Level-Grade 12
Manners and customs
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
England, fiction
Woodhouse, emma (fictitious character), fiction
Young women, fiction
Great britain, social life and customs, fiction
Austen, jane, 1775-1817
Fathers and daughters, fiction
Fiction, coming of age
Fiction, humorous
Friendship, fiction
English literature
Fiction, romance, general
Large type books
Emma Woodhouse (Fictitious character)
Romance fiction
English fiction
Fiction, humorous, general
FICTION / Classics
FICTION / Historical
FICTION / Literary
Love stories
Humorous fiction
English literature, history and criticism, 19th century
Friendship
England
Courtship
Juvenile fiction
Children's stories
English literature, outlines, syllabi, etc.
Man-woman relationships, fiction
General
Humorous stories
England -- Fiction
Young women -- Fiction
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
Bildungsromans
Mate selection -- Fiction
Female friendship -- Fiction
Readers
Literature and fiction (general)
Blind, books and reading
English language, juvenile literature
Pères et filles
Romans, nouvelles
Amitié féminine
Choix du conjoint
Jeunes femmes
Romance
Humorous
Zhang pian xiao shuo
Fiction, general
Young women--fiction
Fathers and daughters--fiction
Female friendship--fiction
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823/.7
Austen, jane , 1775-1817
Woodhouse, emma
Mate selection--fiction
Young women--england--fiction
Pr4034 .e5 2012
Children's fiction
Classics
Historical
Literary
Contemporary women
English & college success -> english -> fiction

Description

Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters. Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." In the very first sentence she introduces the title character as "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich." Emma, however, is also rather spoiled, headstrong, and self-satisfied; she greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities; she is blind to the dangers of meddling in other people's lives; and her imagination and perceptions often lead her astray.

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