Emma (Vintage Classics Austen Series)

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW MOTION

The Classic Classics Austen sequence is designed by the author and illustrator Leanne Shapton and launched by a few of our most interesting modern writers and Austen followers: Alexander McCall Smith, Lynne Truss, Amanda Vickery, Francesca Segal, P.D. James and Andrew Movement.

‘Jane Austen’s Emma is her masterpiece, mixing the flicker of her early books with a deep sensibility’ Robert McCrum, Observer

Emma is younger, wealthy and impartial. She has determined to not get married and as an alternative spends her time organising her acquaintances’ amorous affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new buddy Harriet, nonetheless, lead her into issues that in the end check her personal detachment from the world of romance.