"Clueless about Emma? This new student guide could be your best friend while reading the novel." - Laurel Ann, Austenprose, January 4, 2009

"It was the novel that made her truly famous. The reading public loved it, the critics approved, and even Jane Austin herself had a certain fondness for it. Independent scholar Hecimovich focuses not only on the crowd-pleasing elements of Emma, but also includes serious analysis of Austin's sophisticated language, style and form. Along with providing very helpful contexts for the modern reader, including a very objective treatment of the savage marriage market of the time, Hecimovich provides a full review of critical responses by such luminaries as Sir Walter Scott and a concise biography that reveals much about Austin's frequently needy but formidable family. Readers get a clear picture of Austen's motives in Emma, including her hope, just beneath the surface, that women would one day not need to sell themselves into marriage to survive." -Book News, February 2009

Hecimovich's guide is reader-friendly with clear prose and organization; it offers students insight into Emma in addition to way into the text if they are struggling with a research paper.

Kathryn Stasio, ECCB: A Current Bibliography