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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459994703321

Autore

Austen Jane <1775-1817, >

Titolo

Emma / / Jane Austen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Open Road Media Integrated Media, , 2014

©1815

ISBN

1-4804-7700-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (822 p.)

Disciplina

813.6

Soggetti

Young women

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; VOLUME I; CHAPTER I; CHAPTER II; CHAPTER III; CHAPTER IV; CHAPTER V; CHAPTER VI; CHAPTER VII; CHAPTER VIII; CHAPTER IX; CHAPTER X; CHAPTER XI; CHAPTER XII; CHAPTER XIII; CHAPTER XIV; CHAPTER XV; CHAPTER XVI; CHAPTER XVII; CHAPTER XVIII; VOLUME II; CHAPTER I; CHAPTER II; CHAPTER III; CHAPTER IV; CHAPTER V; CHAPTER VI; CHAPTER VII; CHAPTER VIII; CHAPTER IX; CHAPTER X; CHAPTER XI; CHAPTER XII; CHAPTER XIII; CHAPTER XIV; CHAPTER XV; CHAPTER XVI; CHAPTER XVII; CHAPTER XVIII; VOLUME III; CHAPTER I; CHAPTER II; CHAPTER III; CHAPTER IV; CHAPTER V; CHAPTER VI; CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIIICHAPTER IX; CHAPTER X; CHAPTER XI; CHAPTER XII; CHAPTER XIII; CHAPTER XIV; CHAPTER XV; CHAPTER XVI; CHAPTER XVII; CHAPTER XVIII; CHAPTER XIX; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

The timeless romance starring one of Jane Austen's most unforgettable charactersEmma Woodhouse is a privileged young woman whose greatest pleasure in life lies in matchmaking for anyone but herself. Written, by Austen's own admission, as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," Emma's charm and wit exist in constant tension with her capacity for selfishness and vanity. Despite her intelligence, Emma stumbles from one catastrophe to the next-from a misguided attempt at securing a husband for her friend Harriet Smith to her disastrous meddling in the affairs of new arrivals Frank Churc