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Emma

by Jane Austen

1815 · Novel · Romance

Open Library OL66513W

Emma Woodhouse has money, leisure, and a talent for arranging other people’s lives. The novel lets her be charming and wrong in the same sentence.

About the author

Austen wrote six finished novels about money, rank, and judgment in English gentry life. The wit is social rather than sentimental: people reveal themselves by what they notice. More of this shelf for Jane Austen.

Where to read it

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