Emma

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Jane Austen

She is twenty-one, beautiful, rich, and absolutely certain she knows what everyone else needs. She has never been more wrong. Emma Woodhouse rules the village of Highbury like a queen who has forgotten she needs no crown. She arranges marriages she does not understand. She reads hearts she has never bothered to study. She mistakes her own restlessness for generosity, her own loneliness for independence. Around her, a village holds its breath. A vicar who preaches humility while chasing status. A visitor who charms without ever quite arriving. A reserved young woman with a secret that could shatter the season. And Mr. Knightley her brother-in-law, her oldest friend, the one man in Highbury who refuses to flatter her. He sees her. He challenges her. He waits.