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Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100192547046

ISBN-139780192547040

eBay Product ID (ePID)45426

Product Key Features

Edition3

Book TitleOxford Illustrated Jane Austen : Volume IV: Emma

Number of Pages536 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Contemporary Women, Literary

Publication Year1988

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorJane Austen

Book SeriesOxford Illustrated Jane Austen Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight19.8 Oz

Item Length4.9 in

Item Width7.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"A superb edition--the best available."--Gregory Maertz, St. John's University"A good, inexpensive edition with helpful notes and annotations."--Sarah V. Cleve, Mount Olive College"Good edition, reasonably priced."--Gillian Skinner, California State University, "A superb edition--the best available."--Gregory Maertz,St. John's University "A good, inexpensive edition with helpful notes and annotations."--Sarah V. Cleve,Mount Olive College "Good edition, reasonably priced."--Gillian Skinner,California State University, "A superb edition--the best available."--Gregory Maertz, St. John's University "A good, inexpensive edition with helpful notes and annotations."--Sarah V. Cleve, Mount Olive College "Good edition, reasonably priced."--Gillian Skinner, California State University

TitleLeadingThe

Volume NumberVol. IV

Dewey Decimal823.92

Edition DescriptionReprint,Revised edition

SynopsisThis is one of a complete set of Jane Austen's novels collating the editions published during the author's lifetime and previously unpublished manuscripts. The books are illustrated with 19th-century plates and incorporate revisions by experts in the light of subsequent research., Emma (1816) is Jane Austen's most characteristic work. Convinced that she understands the world, Emma rules over her invalid father and the small social circle of Highbury with well-meaning tyranny. But she is highly fallible where love is concerned, and her failings there cause many misunderstandings - as well as giving the reader much enjoyment as order is restored. In her new introduction to this edition Terry Castle examines the pleasure given by Emma's reassuringly stable world and by its comedy, and examines the relationships, imagery, and continuing power of Austen's perhaps greatest novel.