Emma
British novelist, 1775–1817.
Emma is an 1815 novel by Jane Austen.
On 6 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Jane Austen
- First published
- 1815
- Length
- 512 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Romance and love stories, Class and society, Rural life
Is Emma worth reading?
6 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian) and The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 52 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 13 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 19 | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 40 | See the list |
Best edition of Emma
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2003), 512 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2003)
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN
- 9780141439587
How critics and readers rate Emma
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 49% of the points available on critics' lists, against 34% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Emma
If you liked Emma, try Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion or Wuthering Heights.
