Emma

EAN : 9791041801237

AUSTEN JANE

Édition papier

EAN : 9791041801237

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Résumé : Emma is one of Jane Austen's best-loved novels. Its eponymous heroine, Emma Woodhouse, has lived a pampered, protected life and consequently is somewhat unrealistic when she sets her sights on becoming a matchmaker for a young friend. The novel provides a light-hearted insight into the distinctions of the rigid class structure of England in the Regency period, and the social barriers to marriage between persons considered to be of superior and inferior rank. Emma was published in 1815, the last of Austen's novels to be published while she still lived. It received a generally very positive reception, and was well reviewed (though anonymously) by Sir Walter Scott. Criticisms of the novel, such as they were, centered around its supposed lack of plot, though its treatment of character was recognized and applauded. Today it is regarded as one of Austen's best works. The novel has been adapted many times for theater, movies and television.
Biographie : Jane Austen est née le 16 décembre 1775 à Stevenson dans le Hampshire. Après la mort de son père, Jane Austen s'installe avec sa mère et sa soeur à Chatow, où elle va écrire l'essentiel de son oeuvre. En 1811, un éditeur londonien soumet pour la première fois au grand public, sous couvert d'anonymat, Raison et Sentiments mais c'est avec Emma que Jane Austen s'impose véritablement sur la scène littéraire. Son oeuvre compte aujourd'hui parmi les plu grands classiques de la littérature anglaise.