Emma

<b>Emma</b><i> </i> first published in 1816 was written when Jane Austen was at the height of her powers. In a novel remarkable for its sparkling wit and modernity Austen presents readers with two of literature's greatest comic creations--the eccentric Mr. Woodhouse and that quintessential bore Miss Bates. Here too we have what may well be Jane Austen's most profound characterization: the witty imaginative self-deluded Emma a heroine the author declared no one but myself will much like but who has been much loved by generations of readers. Delightfully funny full of rich irony <b>Emma</b> is regarded as one of Jane Austen's finest achievements.