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 MOTIONVINTAGE CLASSICS AUSTEN SERIES - all six of Jane Austen's major novels,beautifully designed and introduced by our finest contemporary writers.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099589273Number of pages: 592Weight: 418 gDimensions: 178 x 129 x 35 mm
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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-handedThat 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 withI'd like to write a play as perfect as EmmaAusten'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 frailtyIt 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
Jane Austen
Romantic,witty,acerbic and endlessly popular,Jane Austen's novels are amongst the most revered,relevant and consistently readable novels in English Literature.
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The UK's Poet Laureate from 1999 -2009,Andrew Motion is a world-renowned poet and an acclaimed academic,biographer and novelist. His works include Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life (which won the Whitbread Prize for Biography),Dangerous Play (which won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize),Natural Causes (which won the Dylan Thomas Prize),The Custom's House, Peace Talks,The Cinder Path,Coming Home, In the Blood,Ways of Life: On Places,Painters and Poets,Essex Clay and the novels The Invention of Dr. Cake,Silver: Return to Treasure Island and The New World.
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