Title Emma / Jane Austen ; edited by James Kinsley ; with an introduction by Terry Castle

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	820.7 A9337 A6/E 1995		AVAILABLE

Description xxxviii, 445 pages ; 19 cm Series World's classics World's classics. Summary Emma (1816) is Jane Austen's most characteristic work. Convinced that she understands the world, Emma rules over her invalid father and the small social circle of Highbury with well-meaning tyranny. But she is highly fallible where love is concerned, and her failings there cause many misunderstandings - as well as giving the reader much enjoyment as order is restored. In her new introduction to this edition Terry Castle examines the pleasure given by Emma's reassuringly stable world and by its comedy, and examines the relationships, imagery, and continuing power of Austen's perhaps greatest novel Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page [xxxi]-xxxv) Subject Young women -- England -- Fiction. Young women -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Fiction. Fathers and daughters -- Fiction. SUBJECT England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114941 England http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82068148 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Genre/Form Humorous fiction. Romance fiction. Author Kinsley, James. LC no. 94045392 ISBN 0192824325

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