Emma

Resumen del libro

Includes pictures and an extensive section on Austen's
life and works
Emma is considered by many readers to be Jane Austen's
crowning achievement, a timeless comedy of manners
that lays bare the limits on women's autonomy in Regency
England. The disparity between Emma Woodhouse's selfconfidence
and self-knowledge, and her determination to
arrange marriages for her friends while avoiding one for
herself, leads to a painful series of misunderstandings
for everyone who suffers from her well-meaning altruism
and with Mr Knightley being the only person of her
acquaintance who has the good sense to challenge her,
Emma must eventually recognize her match in every
sense.

Biografía del autor

Mary W. Shelley (Londres, 1797-1851), hija de los filósofos Mary Wollstonecraft y William Godwin, y universalmente famosa por esta novela, publicada en 1818, también escribió textos autobiográficos, de genero policiaco, distopías, libros de viaje, biografías y obras de teatro.