num_pages: 1136
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Complete Novels
titlecomplete: The Complete Novels
characters: Mary Bennet, Jane Bennet, Maria Lucas, Elinor Dashwood, Charlotte Lucas, Colonel Fitzwilliam, George Wickham, John Thorpe, Fanny Dashwood, Fanny Price (Mansfield Park), Miss Bates, Sir Thomas Bertram, Colonel Brandon, Mr. Bennet, William Price, General Tilney, Lady Russell, Edward Ferrars, Georgiana Darcy, Mrs. Dashwood, Henry Tilney, Caroline Bingley, John Dashwood, Mrs. Bennet, Catherine Morland, John Knightley, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Elizabeth Bennet, Lady Middleton, Jane Fairfax, Cher, Louisa Hurst, Lydia Bennet, Lady Lucas, Mr. Yates, Mr. William Collins, Elton, Eleanor Tilney, Maria Bertram, Mr. Gardiner, Tom Bertram, Mrs. Isabella Knightley, Anne de Bourgh, Sir John Middleton, Mrs. Gardiner, Isabella Thorpe, Mr. Rushworth, Kitty Bennet, Edmund Bertram, Mary Crawford, Tai, Sir William Lucas, Mr. Price, Charles Bingley, Augusta Elton, Christian, Marianne Dashwood, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Mrs. Price, Josh, Julia Bertram, Anne Elliot, Mel Horowitz, Lady Bertram, Henry Crawford
genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Anthologies, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 32549
publisher: Gramercy