{"product_id":"emma-9780451530820","title":"Emma","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating, humorous, and timeless coming-of-age tale featuring one of Jane Austen's most memorable characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition...had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe celebrated opening of Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e introduces readers to a supremely self-assured young woman who believes herself immune to romance. By turns brilliant and foolish, self-aware and self-deluding, Emma \"leaps from error to error,\" writes Margaret Drabble in her incisive Introduction, wreaking comic havoc in the lives of those around her with well-meant and ill-fated attempts at matchmaking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mature flowering of Austen's singular and prolific genius, \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating, hilarious, and timeless coming-of-age tale--the compelling story of a woman seeking her true nature and finding true love in the process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by Margaret Drabble\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eand an Afterword by Sabrina Jeffries \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Austen\u003c\/b\u003e (1775-1817) was born in Hampshire, England, to George Austen, a rector, and his wife, Cassandra. Like many girls of her day, she was educated at home, where she began her literary career by writing parodies and skits for the amusement of her large family. Although Austen did not marry, she did have several suitors and once accepted a marriage proposal, but only for an evening. Although Austen never lived apart from her family, her work shows a worldly and wise sensibility. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility \u003c\/i\u003e(1811), \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e (1813), \u003ci\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e (1814), \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e (1815), and \u003ci\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e, published together posthumously in 1818. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMargaret Drabble\u003c\/b\u003e is the highly acclaimed novelist, biographer, and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Companion to English Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Gates of Ivory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Red Queen\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSabrina Jeffries\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of more than thirty-five novels. Despite her Ph.D. in Early Modern British Literature from Tulane University, she abandoned academics for a rewarding career writing sexy and humorous historical romances. She lives in North Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Signet Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50593983070482,"sku":"9780451530820","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e31a2472-95b4-4c6a-96b1-31e163b44552.jpg?v=1776157305","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/emma-9780451530820","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}