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Jane Austen 's Emma is an adaptation of the 1815 novel of the same name . Davies had recently adapted another Austen novel as the successful 1995 television serial Pride and Prejudice for BBC when he proposed to adapt the novel Emma for the network . Emma , by Jane Austen , is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance . Jane Austen ( [ ˈdʒeɪn_ˈɒstɪn ] 16 December 1775 -- 18 July 1817 ) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels , which interpret , critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century .