| Emma Illustrated Contributor(s): Austen, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798559457383 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $23.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Reference |
| Physical Information: 1.16" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (1.45 lbs) 574 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters.On the first page of Jane Austin's Emma I knew something was wrong when Emma's mother was referred to as her "mom," a slang term that Austin never would have used. Then I saw that friends were referred to as "pals" and "buddies." In British English the word "dear" can mean expensive as well as meaning "much beloved," and "dear Emma" was rendered as "expensive Emma" or "pricy Emma." The killer was when "intercourse," meaning interactions among people, was rendered as "sex |