The comic and sharply observed story of young Emma Woodhouse's education in life is regarded by many as Jane Austen's best novel.

This beautiful clothbound edition is part of a series of readers' best-loved classics published in fine volumes, and produced to the highest standards for under twenty pounds: making it an affordable luxury.

Instead of a dust jacket, there are decorated cloth covers whose printed illustration wraps around the book.

In addition, coloured page tops, decorated endpapers, meticulous line-by-line typesetting and thick acid-free paper are among the elements that differ from a standard hardback, so this edition embodies the virtues of a good book.

The result is quality of design and production that adds to the pleasure of reading and makes each book a desirable object in itself.

For anyone interested in a fine edition of a favourite work, this is an attractive volume for the bookshelf or an authentic and distinctive present.