(Original, Unabridged Classic, Premium Hardbound Collector's Edition, Ideal for Gifting)
Jane Austen
"I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control."
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, is absolutely convinced she is an excellent matchmaker. Jane Austen knew when she invented her that no one would much like her — and proceeded to write her greatest novel around this overconfident, generous, blindly meddling heroine whose every scheme goes entertainingly wrong. The world of Highbury is Austen's most fully realised canvas, and Emma's slow, humbling journey toward genuine self-knowledge is the most satisfying character arc she ever constructed.
Only Mr. Knightley — who has seen Emma clearly from the start — truly matches her wit and intelligence, and the novel builds toward their recognition of each other with a precision that is both comic and deeply felt. Austen's mastery of free indirect discourse reaches its apex here: the reader inhabits Emma's confident misconstructions so fully that her eventual humbling feels genuinely earned. A novel to read once for the comedy, and again for everything it was doing underneath.
This premium hardbound collector's edition with sprayed edges presents Austen's original, unabridged text — an essential work for every serious reading life.
