Emma 'Emma Woodhouse, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition...'...thinks a little too highly of herself, and entertains herself by meddling in the affairs of others. The results are not always to her liking. Emma is perhaps Jane Austen's most accomplished novel. In describing the mischievous schemes and eventual humbling ... more »of Miss Woodhouse, the auther loses no opportunity to poke ironic fun at the society and social mores of the day.« less