EMMA - CHILTERN CLASSIC
Chiltern Publishing was formed in 2018 with a vision to create the most beautiful classics. Jane Austen's original books particularly Pride and Prejudice from the 1800s were our inspiration. So, using a perfect mix of tradition and the very latest in printing techniques, 19th Century quality has met 21st Century technology. The specification of our books reflects the size and format of the original Jane Austen books, and this is maintained throughout all of our editions. With wonderfully detailed covers, sparkling gilt edges, creamy pages, and stitched binding they are the most beautiful classics ever published.
This book has a matching lined journal sold separately . They make a great gift when paired together but are also just as beautiful on their own.
Emma by Jane Austen tells the story Emma Woodhouse, a rich, clever, and beautiful young woman, has just seen her friend, companion, and former governess, Miss Taylor, married to a neighbouring widower, Mr. Weston. While the match is suitable in every way, Emma cannot help sighing over her loss, for now only she and her father are left at Hartfield. Mr. Woodhouse is too old and too fond of worrying about trivialities to be a sufficient companion for his daughter. The Woodlouse's are the great family in the village of Highbury. In their small circle of friends, there are enough middle-aged ladies to make up card tables for Mr. Woodhouse, but there is no young lady to be a friend and confidant to Emma. Lonely for her beloved Miss Taylor, now Mrs. Weston, Emma takes under her wing Harriet Smith, the Parlor boarder at a nearby boarding school. Although not in the least brilliant, Harriet is a pretty seventeen-year-old girl with pleasing, unassuming manners, and a gratifying habit of looking up to Emma as a paragon.
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
AUSTEN JANE
Jane Austen nació el 16 de diciembre de 1775 en Steventon, cerca de Basingstoke, la séptima hija del rector de la parroquia. Vivió con su familia en Steventon hasta que se mudaron a Bath cuando su padre se jubiló en 1801. Después de su muerte en 1805, se mudó con su madre; en 1809 se establecieron en Chawton, cerca de Alton, Hampshire. Aquí permaneció, salvo algunas visitas a Londres, hasta que en mayo de 1817 se trasladó a Winchester para estar cerca de su médico. Allí murió el 18 de julio de 1817. Cuando era niña, Jane Austen escribía cuentos, incluidos burlescos de romances populares. Sus obras sólo se publicaron después de mucha revisión, y se publicaron cuatro novelas durante su vida. Se trata de Sentido y sensibilidad 1811 , Orgullo y prejuicio 1813 , Mansfield Park 1814 y Emma 1816 . Otras dos novelas, Northanger Abbey y Persuasion, se publicaron póstumamente en 1818 con una nota biográfica de su hermano, Henry Austen, el primer anuncio formal de su autoría. Persuasión se escribió en una carrera contra la mala salud en 1815-16. También dejó dos composiciones anteriores, una novela epistolar corta, Lady Susan, y una novela inacabada, The Watsons. En el momento de su muerte, estaba trabajando en una nueva novela, Sanditon, de la que se conserva un borrador fragmentario.