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Author Jane Austen
Title Emma
Publisher Everyman's Library Cop.
London. 1991
First published in 1816
Motto The book does not have a motto.

I chose this book because I read Pride and Prejudice and I absolutely loved it. My mother told me Jane Austen wrote another book like it called ‘Emma', and I decided to try it.
I expected the story to be about the life of a young woman from the middle or rich upper-class living in England in the 19th century. This is also why I chose the book; I'm really interested in that time and the way people were then.

Short summary
After her beloved governess, Miss Taylor, leaves Hartfield to become Mrs. Weston, Emma Woodhouse finds herself in need of a friend. The answer is Harriet Smith, a girl of questionable origins whom Emma decides to improve. Emma sets Harriet up with Mr. Elton and she is very surprised when Mr. Elton reveals that he loves her, not Harriet. Emma, offended at the idea, refuses him.

Then the son of Mr.......

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Approximate Word Count: 1358
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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