珍.奧斯汀最浪漫純真的喜劇小品
.1996年賣座電影《愛瑪姑娘要出嫁》原著
.珍.奧斯汀本人最鍾意的作品
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."