Emma: -

by Jane Austen

Overview

Emma Woodhouse, « belle, intelligente et riche » a vingt-et-un ans. Elle habite la belle demeure de Hartfield, près du gros bourg de Highbury, avec son père âgé, hypocondriaque et veuf , entourée d’amis fidèles, tel Mr Knightley, son beau-frère, propriétaire du riche domaine voisin de Donwell Abbey. Son ancienne gouvernante, Miss Taylor, vient d'épouser un veuf fortuné, Mr Weston, dont le fils a été adopté tout jeune par son oncle et sa tante, les Churchill, avec qui il vit à Enscombe, dans le Yorkshire. Emma, persuadée d’être à l'origine du mariage de Miss Taylor, et d'avoir des talents d’entremetteuse, décide alors, pour occuper sa solitude, de faire épouser la jeune et jolie Harriet Smith, dont elle s'est entichée, par Mr Elton, le vicaire de Highbury ...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783964847591
Publisher:	idb
Publication date:	09/30/2018
Sold by:	Libreka GmbH
Format:	eBook
Pages:	179
File size:	2 MB
Language:	French

About the Author

Jane Austen (1775–1817) was an English author known primarily for her six major novels set among the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Considered defining works of the Regency Era and counted among the best–loved classics of English literature, Austen's books include Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. The latter two were published after her death. "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library." – Jane Austen

Date of Birth:

December 16, 1775

Date of Death:

July 18, 1817

Place of Birth:

Village of Steventon in Hampshire, England

Place of Death:

Winchester, Hampshire, England

Education:

Taught at home by her father