Emma
by Jane Austen
English • Published 1815 • Public Domain • Free to stream
Emma Woodhouse, the wealthy and confident mistress of Hartfield in the Surrey village of Highbury, embarks on a series of romantic schemes — matchmaking for her young friend Harriet Smith, befriending the charming Mr. Frank Churchill, and dismissing the steady Mr. Knightley — until her own true feelings finally become clear.
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About the book: Emma
Emma is a novel written by English author Jane Austen. 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.
The story 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. Emma is a comedy of manners centring on the title character, who is spoiled, headstrong, and self-satisfied, and greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities.
Emma, written after Austen's move to Chawton, was her last novel to be published during her lifetime.
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