num_pages: 445
description: Emma (1816) is Jane Austen's most characteristic work. Written with irony, wit, and faultless control, it is both a novel of intense emotional power and a comic masterpiece.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.
language: English
title: Emma
titlecomplete: Emma
characters: Emma Woodhouse, Mr. Weston, Miss Bates, John Knightley, Mr. George Knightley, Mr. Elton, Mrs. Elton, Robert Martin, Harriet Smith, Mr. Woodhouse, Mrs. Isabella Knightley, Frank Churchill, Jane Fairfax, Mrs. Anne Weston
genres: Classics, Historical, Novels, Classic Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Audiobook, 19th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 848528
places: United Kingdom, Surrey, England, England
publisher: Oxford University Press