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*Emma*, a lovely comedy of manners, follows Emma Woodhouse, a smart, confident young woman who enjoys matchmaking but doesn't want to marry. Emma's well-intentioned actions in Highbury's close-knit society produce misunderstandings, misguided romances, and subtle emotional issues. Emma's well-planned strategy fails, revealing her flaws, assumptions, and blind spots. Jane Austen writes a novel on self-discovery, social rank, and the difference between good intentions and understanding using wit, irony, and psychological insight.
Emma
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*Emma*, a lovely comedy of manners, follows Emma Woodhouse, a smart, confident young woman who enjoys matchmaking but doesn't want to marry. Emma's well-intentioned actions in Highbury's close-knit society produce misunderstandings, misguided romances, and subtle emotional issues. Emma's well-planned strategy fails, revealing her flaws, assumptions, and blind spots. Jane Austen writes a novel on self-discovery, social rank, and the difference between good intentions and understanding using wit, irony, and psychological insight.
Jane Austen
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Jane Austen was an English writer. Although Austen was widely read in her lifetime, she published her works anonymously. The most urgent preoccupations of her bright, young heroines are courtship and marriage. Austen herself never married. Her best-known books include *Pride and Prejudice* (1813) and *Emma* (1816). Virginia Woolf called Austen "the most perfect artist among women.
