The unfinished manuscript of the great Brontë received a continuation, preserving the spirit of the era and the depth of its characters. The story of the mysterious Emma is a path to the truth that reveals secrets from the past and the strength of female character.
One day, a wealthy and imposing gentleman leaves his daughter in a prestigious girls’ boarding school. At first, the schoolmistresses surround the girl with care, but when the time comes to pay for the new bills, it turns out that everything they told her about her family is a lie. Mr. Ellin, a bored local bachelor, and the lonely widow Mrs. Chalfonte decide to look into the past of the mysterious pupil.
In 1854, Charlotte Brontë began work on a new novel. “Emma” was supposed to become the author’s most ambitious work since “Jane Eyre,” but due to illness, Charlotte managed to write only a few dozen pages. There were more than one attempt to complete the story, but the most successful was the version presented in this edition by Claire Boylan.