Orpheline de mère, seule avec un père âgé en mauvaise santé, Emma Woodhouse, vingt et un ans, ressent une certaine solitude lorsque son ancienne gouvernante et amie quitte le domaine de Hartfield. Pour se distraire, la jeune femme s'improvise alors entremetteuse et décide de marier Harriet Smith, sa protégée, qu'elle destine au vicaire de Highbury. Mais son inexpérience des coeurs et des êtres, ainsi que celle de ses propres émotions amoureuses - qu'elle sait à peine comprendre ou interpréter - la mèneront de surprises en désillusions. Ses stratégies et ses manigances n'apportant pas, de toute évidence, les résultats escomptés, Emma apprendra à ses dépens que l'amour et les sentiments ne se commandent pas...Publié anonymement en 1816, Emma, roman brillant devenu un classique de la littérature anglaise, dépeint avec humour et une grande finesse psychologique le petit monde provincial dans lequel Jane Austen elle a elle-même passé toute sa vie.Traduit de l'anglais par Pierre Nordon.
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Jane Austen
Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are implicit critiques of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of social commentary, realism, wit, and irony have earned her acclaim amongst critics and scholars.
Austen wrote major novels before the age of 22, but she was not published until she was 35. The anonymously published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815) were moderate successes, but they did not bring her public fame in her lifetime. She wrote two other novels—Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1817—and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but it was left unfinished on her death. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript, the short epistolary novel Lady Susan, and the unfinished novel The Watsons.
Since her death Austen's novels have rarely been out of print. A significant transition in her reputation occurred in 1833, when they were republished in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series (illustrated by Ferdinand Pickering and sold as a set). They gradually gained wide acclaim and popular readership. In 1869 her nephew published A Memoir of Jane Austen. Her work has inspired a large number of critical essays and has been included in many literary anthologies.
Her novels have been frequently adapted into film and television. Notable film adaptations include Pride and Prejudice (1940), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Emma (1996), Mansfield Park (1999), Bride and Prejudice (2004), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Love & Friendship (2016), and Emma (2020). Notable television adaptations include Persuasion (1995), Pride and Prejudice (1995), Northanger Abbey (2007), Persuasion (2007), Lost in Austen (2008), Sense and Sensibility (2008), Emma (2009), and Sanditon (2019–2023).
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