#106 in Romance
Emma
- 474
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
- Film 1995 +8
- On screen
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Our view
Austen builds this social comedy around a heroine some readers call the least likeable she wrote: wilful, pampered and far too sure she knows how other people should live. That is exactly the pleasure of it, because the book lets her be wrong, wittily and at length. The canvas is small, a village and a few families; readers who enjoy irony and close social observation will be at home.
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About the book
Emma is a novel written by English author Jane Austen. It is set in the fictional Surrey village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls, and Donwell Abbey, and involves the relationships among people from a small number of families. The novel was first published in December 1815, although the title page is dated 1816. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian–Regency England. Emma is a comedy of manners.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 9 times — from 1948 to 2020.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 1,060 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 88% of the weight and the score stays at 7.8 — the Romance average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 64 | 6% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 7 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 989 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is Emma?
It has 474 pages — longer than 69% of the ranked books in Romance.
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