{"product_id":"emma-9781035040469","title":"Emma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling pocket-sized special anniversary edition bound in real cloth with foiling, sprayed edges and a ribbon marker to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. Part of a collectable series inspired by Jane Austen's life and work.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003eEmma \u003c\/i\u003eis a remarkable comedy of manners. Austen follows the charming but insensitive Emma Woodhouse as she sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the little town of Highbury. Taking the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith as her subject, Emma creates misunderstandings and chaos as she tries to find Harriet a suitor, until she begins to realize it isn't the lives of others she must try to transform. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith original illustrations by the celebrated Hugh Thomson and bonus material about the design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane Austen was born in 1775 in rural Hampshire, the daughter of an affluent village rector who encouraged her in her artistic pursuits. In novels such as \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Mansfield Park\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEmma \u003c\/i\u003eshe developed her subtle analysis of contemporary life through depictions of the middle classes in small towns. Her sharp wit and incisive portraits of ordinary people have given her novels enduring popularity. She died in 1817.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Collector's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50899397345554,"sku":"9781035040469","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f86da680-4e76-4d12-9cf7-12fb235c77f4.jpg?v=1776157539","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/emma-9781035040469","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}