Often copied, but never surpassed, Jane Austen's Emma is a remarkable social comedy that follows the charming yet insensitive Emma Woodhouse as she embarks on a misguided career as a matchmaker in the small town of Highbury. She takes the pretty but dull Harriet Smith as her project, creating misunderstandings and chaos as she tries to find a suitor for Harriet, until she begins to realize that it is not the lives of others she is trying to change. Beautifully illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this edition of the Macmillan Collector's Library also includes a foreword by David Pinching. The Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of popular classics designed to appeal to book lovers. The books in the Macmillan Collector's Library are meant to be loved and cherished.