Book profile
Emma
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 1815
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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In Georgian-Regency England, Emma Woodhouse—handsome, clever, and rich—is also spoiled, headstrong, and self-satisfied. She greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities, meddles in other people's lives, and lets her imagination and perceptions lead her astray. The novel explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women of the era through a lively comedy of manners, tracing the youthful hubris and romantic missteps of its title character.
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- Regency: “Georgian-Regency England” source
- Romantic Comedy: “lively comedy of manners” source
- Coming of Age: “youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance” source
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