Emma (Everyman's Library classics) [Englisch] [Gebundene Ausgabe]

"I should like to see Emma in love, and in some doubt of return; it would do her good," remarks one of Jane Austen's characters in Emma.

Quick-witted, beautiful, headstrong and rich, Emma Woodhouse is inordinately fond of match-making select inhabitants of the village of Highbury, yet aloof and oblivious as to the question of whom she herself might marry. This paradox multiplies the intrigues and sparkling ironies of Jane Austen's masterpiece, her comedy of a sentimental education through which Emma discovers a capacity for love and marriage. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

Perhaps the out-and-out funniest of Jane Austen's books. Telling the story of a heroine Austen feared readers would actively dislike, Emma has turned out to be a character whose creation was necessary to the development of the spoiled rich kid genre of literature, TV and movies. Since Emma knows what's best for everybody, she sets about trying to straighten the world out. It doesn't work. Fortunately, before completely screwing up everyone else's life, she gets her head screwed on straight and for the first time sees what it's all about. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

This is another case where a classic is being reprinted simply as a tie-in to a TV/feature film presentation. Libraries, nonetheless, can benefit by picking up a quality hardcover for a nice price.
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"I certainly will not persuade myself to feel more than I do. I am quite enough in love. I should be sorry to be more." Meet Emma Woodhouse, a "handsome, clever, and rich" young lady and the protagonist of Austen's last and most mature novel. Unlike Austen's former poor heroines, Emma does not have any financial concerns and is therefore not dependant on marriage to secure her social and economic status. Consequently she declares that she shall never want to marry herself while she takes delight in bringing other people together. Indeed, Emma seems to be rather immune to romantic feelings and desire while the people around her fall for each other - and occasionally for Emma. Her oldest friend and only critic is the gentlemanly neighbour Mr. Knightley. When another woman eventually confesses her love for him, Emma has to reconsider her convictions regarding love... Jane Austen (1775-1817) is appreciated for her realism and irony, her biting social commentary as well as her masterful use of free indirect speech. While her plots are often quite amusing, they always highlight and criticize the dependent status of women in early 19th century England. Although Emma is considered to be her most light-hearted work, it still features an intelligent woman without much to occupy herself with and thus shows the narrow scope of even a wealthy woman's life. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .

Emma Wodehouse has led a simple life, but during the course of this, she at last reaps her share of the world's vexations. In this comedy of manners, the heroine learns to come to terms with the reality of other people, and with her own erring nature.

Third Edition. Edited by Stephen M. Parrish -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .

Die Romane der englischen Schriftstellerin Jane Austen gehören zu den bedeutendsten Werken der klassizistischen Literatur. Im Mittelpunkt dieses Romans steht eine junge, schöne selbstbewußte Frau, die mit dem Schicksal von Menschen spielt wie eine virtuose Puppenspielerin, bis sie erkennt, daß sie nur Unglück stiftet, wo sie doch Glück bringen wollte. Eine der hervorragendsten Schilderungen eines sich wandelnden Charakters in der Weltliteratur und ein großer Frauenroman von bleibender Allgemeingültigkeit, der sich die köstliche Frische des Ursprünglichen bewahrt hat. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.