Emma = Эмма

The entire work of the remarkable English writer Jane Austen (1775-1817), the founder of the ladies' novel in the best sense of the word, can be called an encyclopedia of life in provincial England. From her novels, we learn about... the everyday life of noble families, the arrangement of rooms in mansions, the wages of maids and agricultural workers, the law of primogeniture - inheritance through the male line, and the judicial hierarchy in England. All these details that the writer mentions are just as interesting as the twists and turns of the romantic relationships of the characters.
Emma Woodhouse, young, beautiful, well-off, not unintelligent, having decided not to marry so as not to leave her helpless father alone in a big house, dedicates herself to helping her friends find a suitable match: someone who is rich, intelligent, handsome, and definitely not of a lower status. In a provincial English town where everyone knows each other, this is not an easy task, but all the more interesting for her. In trying to match her friends, the heroine almost missed her own happiness, which she had never even thought about.
We present to readers the unadapted text of the novel, accompanied by comments and a dictionary.