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By turns brilliant and foolish, self-aware and self-deluding, Emma “leaps from error to error,” writes Margaret Drabble in her incisive Introduction, wreaking comic havoc in the lives of those around her with well-meant and ill-fated attempts at matchmaking. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mature flowering of Austen’s singular and prolific genius, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEmma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a fascinating, hilarious, and timeless coming-of-age tale—the compelling story of a woman seeking her true nature and finding true love in the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Austen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118151209050,"sku":null,"price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/2135\/1514\/files\/91264C1F-959F-4EA9-9A2F-DC7A404C0D41.jpg?v=1753744157"},{"product_id":"wigs-on-the-green","title":"Wigs on the Green","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNancy Mitford’s most controversial novel, unavailable for decades, is a hilarious satirical send-up of the fascist political enthusiasms of her sisters Unity and Diana, and of her notorious brother-in-law, Sir Oswald Mosley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in 1934, early in Hitler’s rise, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWigs on the Green\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elightheartedly skewers the devoted followers of British fascism. 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Long suppressed by the author out of sensitivity to family feelings, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWigs on the Green\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecan now be enjoyed by fans of Mitford’s superbly comic novels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nancy Mitford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118163923034,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/2135\/1514\/files\/2AC4533F-E7C8-4193-9C66-AB3C1C02D16B.jpg?v=1753744175"},{"product_id":"address-unknown-a-novel","title":"Address Unknown: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rediscovered classic and international bestseller that recounts the gripping tale of a friendship destroyed at the hands of Nazi Germany \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this searing epistolary novel, Kathrine Kressmann Taylor brings vividly to life the insidious spread of Nazism through a series of letters between Max, a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco, and Martin, his friend and former business partner who has returned to Germany in 1932, just as Hitler is coming to power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in Story magazine in 1938, Address Unknown became an international sensation. 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