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Emma is a work by Jane Austen, published on December 23, 1815. The text is associated with the third volume of its publication. It has been released in 2,263 editions.
The work is available for reading online. It is referenced by 288 other encyclopedia articles.
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- Author
- Jane Austen
- First published
- 1815
- Editions
- 2,263
- Subjects
- Social life and customs, Mate selection, Fiction, Fathers and daughters, open_syllabus_project, Historical Fiction, Female friendship, Young women
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Key facts
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Novel of manners
- Set in
- Southern England and Yorkshire , early 19th century
- Published
- 1816 (published on 23 December 1815, although the title page is dated 1816)
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Publication place
- United Kingdom
- Media type
- Print: hardback
- Pages
- 1,036, in three volumes
- Library of congress classification span
- PR4034 .E5
- Preceded by
- Mansfield Park
- Followed by
- Northanger Abbey
- Text
- Emma at Wikisource
via Wikipedia infobox
Full text
Emma, by Jane Austen - Free ebook download - Standard Ebooks: Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book lover
standardebooks.org →Emma is one of Jane Austen’s best-loved novels. Its eponymous heroine, Emma Woodhouse, has lived a pampered, protected life and consequently is somewhat unrealistic when she sets her sights on becoming a matchmaker for a young friend. The novel provides a light-hearted insight into the distinctions of the rigid class structure of England in the Regency period, and the social barriers to marriage between persons considered to be of superior and inferior rank. Emma was published in 1815, the last of Austen’s novels to be published while she still lived. It received a generally very positive reception, and was well reviewed (though anonymously) by Sir Walter Scott. Criticisms of the novel, such as they were, centered around its supposed lack of plot, though its treatment of character was recognized and applauded. Today it is regarded as one of Austen’s best works. The novel has been adapted many times for theater, movies and television. azw3 — Kindle devices and apps. Also download the Kindle cover thumbnail to see the cover in your Kindle’s library. Despite what you’ve been told, Kindle does not natively support epub. You may also be interested in our Kindle FAQ . kepub — Kobo devices and apps. You may also be interested in our Kobo FAQ . Advanced epub — An advanced format that uses the latest technology not yet fully supported by most ereaders. If you’re comfortable with technology and want to contribute directly, check out this ebook’s GitHub repository and our contributors section . You can also donate to Standard Ebooks to help fund continuing improvement of this and other ebooks.
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Encyclopedic overview
Emma is a novel written by English author Jane Austen. It is set in the fictional Surrey village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls, and Donwell Abbey, and involves the relationships among people from a small number of families. The novel was first published in December 1815, although the title page is dated 1816. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian–Regency England. Emma is a comedy of manners.
Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." In the first sentence, she introduces the title character by stating "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and a happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." Emma is 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.