Beautiful; clever; rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing; however; delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith; her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships; Emma is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work.