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IntroductionbyA.WaltonLitz“EmmaWoodhouse,handsome,clever,andrich,withacomfortablehomeandhappydispositionseemedtounitesomeofthebestblessingsofexistence;andhadlivednearlytwenty-oneyearsintheworldwithverylittletodistressorvexher.”SobeginsJaneAusten’scomicmasterpieceEmma.InEmma,Austen’sprosebrilliantlyelevates,inthewordsofVirginiaWoolf,“thetrivialitiesofday-to-dayexistence,ofparties,picnics,andcountrydances”ofearly-nineteenth-centurylifeintheEnglishcountrysidetoanunrivaledlevelofpleasureforthereader.AtthecenterofthisworldistheinimitableEmmaWoodhouse,aself-proclaimedmatchmakerwho,bythenovel’sconclusion,mayjustfindherselfthevictimofherownbestintentions.INCLUDESAMODERNLIBRARYREADINGGROUPGUIDE,