Emma (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
“On the face of it, the concern with love is just what makes any Austen novel likeable, accessible, among the friendliest of classics. WhereEmmais concerned, it’s also where the puzzles of this teasing novel begin . . . It is inEmmathat Austen does most to release herself from the narrow preoccupation with romantic love that her plots seem to hold out to the reader.Emmais a very great novel, and a particularly intriguing one.”–from the Introduction by Marilyn Butler