The Annotated Emma

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UPC:
9780307390776
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
3/20/2012
Release Date:
3/20/2012
Author:
Jane Austen;David M. Shapard
Language:
english
Edition:
Annotated edition

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Product Overview

From the editor of the popularAnnotated Pride and Prejudicecomes an annotated edition of Jane Austen??sEmma that makes her beloved tale of an endearingly inept matchmaker an even more satisfying read. Here is the complete text of the novel with more than 2,200 annotations on facing pages, including:

- Explanations of historical context
- Citations from Austen??s life, letters, and other writings
- Definitions and clarifications
- Literary comments and analysis
- Maps of places in the novel
- An introduction, bibliography, and detailed chronology of events
- Nearly 200 informative illustrations

Filled with fascinating information about everything from the social status of spinsters and illegitimate children to the shopping habits of fashionable ladies to English attitudes toward gypsies, David M. Shapard??sAnnotated Emma brings Austen??s world into richer focus.

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