Overview
Traducción de José María Valverde.
Introducción de Fiona Stafford, profesora de la Universidad de Oxford.
Obra maestra de la narrativa del siglo XIX y una de las grandes novelas de Jane Austen, Emma cuenta la historia de una inteligente y laboriosa joven empeñada en hacer de celestina de todas sus amistades. Cuando su institutriz, amiga y confidente decide contraer matrimonio, Emma Woodhouse se queda sola con sus propios sentimientos y se enfrenta al vacío de su vida y a la penosa tarea de intentar que los demás lleven una vida tan perfecta como la suya. Todos sus trabajos de manipulación sentimental crean a su alrededor una telaraña de enredos, malentendidos y confusiones que ponen a prueba su propia confianza en sí misma. Emma es una obra imperecedera y su protagonista ocupa uno de los lugares de honor en la galería de inolvidables heroínas de la literatura universal.
Esta edición cuenta con una introducción a la obra de la mano de Fiona Stafford, profesora de literatura inglesa en la Universidad de Oxford. La traducción es de José María Valverde.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Penguin Classics rescues this masterpiece of 19th-century narrative and one of Jane Austen's most important novels, in a carefully edited edition.
Translation by José María Valverde.
Introduction by Fiona Stafford, professor at the University of Oxford.
A masterpiece of 19th-century narrative and one of Jane Austen's great novels, Emma tells the story of an intelligent and industrious young woman determined to play matchmaker for all her friends. When her governess, friend, and confidante decides to marry, Emma Woodhouse is left alone with her own feelings and faces the emptiness of her life and the arduous task of trying to ensure that others lead as perfect a life as hers. All her sentimental manipulation efforts create a web of entanglements, misunderstandings, and confusions around her that test her own self-confidence. Emma is an enduring work, and its protagonist occupies a place of honor in the gallery of unforgettable heroines of world literature.
This edition includes an introduction to the work by Fiona Stafford, professor of English literature at the University of Oxford. The translation is by José María Valverde.
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