【内容紹介】Charming, rich, and clever, heiress Emma Woodhouse has no need for an occupation?or a husband. Still, she considers herself quite skilled at matchmaking. Although her dear friend Mr. Knightley advises against it, there is nothing that she enjoys more than entangling herself in the romantic lives of others. But when one of her well-intentioned plans goes awry?as Mr. Knightley rightly predicted?Emma must face the consequences of her meddling. The delightfully imperfect Emma and her Mr. Knightley have captured the hearts of generations of readers. A lively comedy of manners that has been adapted several times for the screen, Emma is the last work Jane Austen lived to see published. 【著者について】Jane Austen (1775?-1817) was an English novelist whose work centred on social commentary and realism. Her works of romantic fiction are set among the landed gentry, and she is one of the most widely read writers in English literature. 【日訳書より内容紹介】年若く美貌で才気にとむエマは恋のキューピッドをきどるが、他人の恋も自分の恋もままならない??「完璧な小説家」の代表作であり最高傑作。〈解説〉阿部知二