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Emma by Jane Austen Jane Austen, a prestigious author who only found fame after a few years before her death, presented the world with novels which paved the way to the transition into the realistic fiction. The Classic literary style of Austen shines through this Western masterpiece filled with life lessons and teaches not only language but also all about the unchanging human nature of hundreds of years ago. This novel seeks to explore the concerns of a society, and of women in particular, through romantic misunderstandings, gender, age, and social issues. Emma, 1816 publication, is a novel of youth and relationships among the small families of the Highbury village. Austen wrote in her memoir, that this novel will present a "...a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." She introduced a headstrong, handsome, clever, rich, spoiled, and self-satisfied character. Jane Austen (1775-1817): Jane Austen is an English novelist, mostly known for her satirical social criticism of the British society. Her characterization skills are one of her best qualities, especially when it comes to portraying female characters and her discussions of marriage, love, social and economic security. Austen enjoyed fame during her life, but it was only her death that she became an icon of romance novels. Her most received novels include: Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Mensfield Park and Sense and sensibility Important Quotes: "The real evils, indeed, of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself; these were the disadvantages which threatened alloy to her many enjoyments. The danger, however, was at present so unperceived, that they did not by any means rank as misfortunes with her." (Page: 08) "The first error and the worst lay at her door. It was foolish, it was wrong, to take so active a part in bringing any two pe