《爱玛》是英国乡村中产阶级生活的工笔浮世绘，也是奥斯丁六部小说中最成功的一部,它以滑稽曲折的情节而独占鳌头，讲述一个任性自负的女子如何发现真爱就在身边的故事。奥斯丁笔下的女主人公大多热情聪明独立、言谈机智风趣，与现代女性心理有灵犀，处处相通……本书为其英文原版作品。

Jane Austen teased readers with the idea of a "heroine whom no one but myself will much like":but Emma is irresistible. "Handsome. clever, and rich". Emma is also an "imaginist", "on fire with speculation and foresight." She sees the signs of romance all around her. but thinks she will never be married. Her matchmaking maps out relationships that lane Austen ironically tweaks into a clearer perspective, ludgement and imagination are matched in games the reader too can enjoy, and the end is a triumph of understanding.