Mansfield Park is Austen's darkest, and most complex novel. It explores important issues such as slavery (the source of the Bertrams' wealth), the oppressive nature of idealised femininity, and women's education. This edition...

In this retelling, when a poor cousin comes to live at the estate of the sophisticated Bertram family, she suffers both from the condescension of her haughty relatives and from the hopeless love she bears for their youngest son.

Set in Georgian- and Regency-era England, Emma is a classic novel about a young matchmaker's misguided attempts to arrange the affairs of others.

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1892 Original Publisher: Roberts Brothers Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography

Emma is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances' love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new friend Harriet, however, lead her...

The Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and Austen fans.    

Emma is considered by many to be Austen's finest and most representative novel. The story of Emma Woodhouse's matchmaking, and her awakening to the true feelings of others as well as herself, is told with consummate wit and...