Emma (1816) is Jane Austens most characteristic work. Written with irony, wit, and faultless control, it is both a novel of intense emotional power and a comic masterpiece. This edition has a new Introduction which examines the pleasure given by Emmas reassuringly stable world as well as by its comedy, and examines the relationships, imagery, amd continuing power of Aust Emma (1816) is Jane Austens most characteristic work. Written with irony, wit, and faultless control, it is both a novel of intense emotional power and a comic masterpiece. This edition has a new Introduction which examines the pleasure given by Emmas reassuringly stable world as well as by its comedy, and examines the relationships, imagery, amd continuing power of Austens last and perhaps greatest novel.