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  • Published: 2 December 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241804704
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $29.99

Emma

  • Jane Austen




Six new delightful and collectible hardback editions from Penguin Classics, publishing to celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary

'I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall'

Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protégée Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work.

  • Published: 2 December 2025
  • ISBN: 9780241804704
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $29.99

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Persuasion
The Black Tulip
The Lady of the Camellias
On Sparta
Love
Annals
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