Emma

　　一位愛管閒事的望族千金
　　墜入一場邱比特的惡作劇
　　驀然回首、那人卻在燈火闌珊處的浪漫，永不褪色！！
　　
　　聰明伶俐又熱心的美麗小富婆愛瑪，無意踏入婚姻，竟老愛幫別人編織良緣、亂點鴛鴦譜，誰知愛神的箭總是跟她作對！
　　
　　勸著好友海芮放棄農戶馬汀的求婚，轉投艾爾頓先生的懷抱，愛瑪自己卻招來對方的愛慕；下一位好友的新郎候選人法蘭克．邱吉爾，原來早已私訂終身，再度破局。就在海芮將目光放到被愛瑪視為兄長的最佳紳士奈特利先生身上時，愛瑪才驚覺自己的心早已被人偷走了……
　　
　　趣味橫生的詼諧情節、出人意料的配對，看珍．奧斯汀詮釋真愛就在自己身邊的戀愛狂想曲。

　　*此中文簡介取自中譯本<<愛瑪>>由好讀出版

　　When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse one of Jane Austen's immortal creations flatters herself that she alone has secured the marriage and that she possesses a special talent for bringing lovers together. The young heiress next busies herself with finding a suitable husband for her friend and protege, Harriet Smith, setting off an entertaining sequence of comic mishaps and misunderstanding in this sparkling comedy of English-village romance. Beneath its considerable wit, the novel is also the story of a young woman's progress toward self-understanding.

　　Emma abounds in the droll character sketches at which Jane Austen excelled. In addition to the well-intentional heroine and her hypochondriacal father, the village of Highbury during the Regency period is populated by an amusing circle of friends and family kindhearted but tedious Miss Bates, a chatterbox spinster; ambitious Mr. Elton, a social-climbing parson; Frank Churchill, an enigmatic Romeo; Mr. Knightley, Emma's brother-in-law and the voice of her better nature; and a cluster of other finely drawn, unforgettable personalities.

　　The author's skill at depicting the follies of human nature in a manner both realistic and affectionate elevates this tale of provincial matchmaking to the heights of scintillating satire. A classic of English literature that has delighted readers since its 1816 publication, the novel is now available in this high-quality, inexpensive edition sure to charm a new generation."

珍．奧斯汀（Jane Austen, 1775 ~ 1817）

　　出生於英國鄉村裡的一個牧師家庭中，她從來沒有受過正規的教育，可是卻是英國文學史上公認的才女。

　　珍於17歲開始進行寫作，不過直到36歲她的第一部小說《理性與感性》才問世，而且她的作品大多是以匿名方式發表，唯有《諾桑覺寺》和《勸服》兩部小說是以真名發表。此外，珍還有《愛瑪》、《曼斯菲爾德莊園》等作品留世，並深受大眾所喜愛。

　　Jane Austen (1775-1817) was an English novelist whose works are among the most popular novels ever written. Her keen eye for social tension, and ear for taut, witty dialogue have delighted readers for centuries, while her novels have maintained historical importance through their analysis of the dependence of women on marriage to gain social standing and security. She has been widely adapted for both stage and screen, and continues to be among the most widely-read of late-18th-/early 19th-century writers.