<div>Jane Austen's <i>Emma </i>has been a favorite novel for Austenites since 1816. In the mid-1990s it became a favorite movie for millions of new admirers.<br><br>A key reason for <i>Emma's </i>success is that the story has two heroines-Emma Woodhouse and Jane Fairfax. In Austen's novel, Jane's backgound is left obscure, and the turmoil underlying her current reduced circumstances in mysterious.<br><br>At last we learn her whole story in Joan Aiken's superb retelling of <i>Emma-</i>this time from Jane Fairfax's point of view. When <i>Jane Fairfax </i>was published in hardcover, Aiken's wit, style, and skill prompted <i>Booklist </i>to say, "Brilliant...extraordinarily will done and highly recommended."<br><br>This worthy companion to the great original is for the first time now available in paperback.<br></div>