Emma

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.