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"Emma" is Jane Austen's most characteristic work. Written with irony, wit, and faultless control, it is both a novel of intense emotional power and a comic masterpiece. This edition has a new introduction which examines the pleasure given by Emma's reassuringly stable world as well as by its comedy, and examines the relationships, imagery and continuing power of Austen's novel.

Many consider this rich social commentary to be Jane Austen''s finest novel. It is certainly among her more famous ones. Austen sets her entertaining study of manners and misconceptions against the backdrop of a class-conscious society in 18th-century England. Spirited, intelligent Elizabeth Bennet is alternately enchanted and affronted by Mr. Darcy. She is quick to suspend her usual, more rational judgment when it comes to him. She also is quick to believe the worst gossip about this haughty, opinionated man, who soon manages to alienate Elizabeth and her family. But is the condescending air that Mr. Darcy wars an indication of his real character? Or has Elizabeth''s pride gotten in the way of her chance for true romance?

Longman Schools Division (a Pearson Education company), 2000. Book & Tape. Book Condition: New. Emma Woodhouse is clever, beautiful and rich, and loves matchmaking between her friends and neighbours in the village of Highbury. Unfortunately, she seems to create more heartache than happiness, and never thinks about her own chances of love.;Penguin Readers is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders.;Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from Easystarts with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: Contemporary, Classics or Originals. At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing.;Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying Penguin Readers Factsheets which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class.

Emma Woodhouse believes she is right in all things, in particular who should marry whom. Absorbed in arranging the life and loves of her friends, Emma fails to realize that she herself is falling in love, a failure which surprises and delights both her and the reader.

Este cuarto volumen de las obras completas de Jane Austen contiene las siguientes obras: Mansfield Park y La abadia de Northanger.La escritora inglesa nació el 16 de diciembre de 1775 en la ciudad de Steventon (Hampshire), murio el 18 de julio de 1817 en Winchester y esta enterrada en la catedral de dicha ciudad.Son muchas las lecturas que se han hecho de Mansfield Park, y muchos los temas y referencias que se han encontrado ocultos, camuflados, detras de su, en principio, simpleza argumental bañada de la rigida moral georgiana. Pero Mansfield Park encierra mucho mas: hay comicidad satirica, acida critica social. La novela refleja un contradictorio retrato, bastante crudo, de la alta sociedad inglesa de principios del XIX.Nadie que hubiera conocido a Catherine Morland en su infancia habria supuesto que hubiera nacido para ser una heroina.De esta forma comienza Austen la novela La abadia de Northanger; la naturaleza de la protagonista, de origen rural, sin una condicion social o personalidad especialmente destacable o distinguida.