Emma
$25.22
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
25 September 2025
Summary
Emma Woodhouse thinks she has it all figured out. Fresh from Oxford University and back in her hometown for the summer, she’s ready to do what she does best: sort out everyone else’s lives, whether they like it or not.
Her closest friend Harriet is a total dating disaster, her father keeps disappearing on mysterious errands, and George Knightley refuses to stop pointing out the flaws in her flawless plans. But Emma knows best… right?
Emma is Jane Austen’s timeless cla…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781839045158 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1839045159 |
| Author: | Ava Pickett, Jane Austen |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Imprint: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 25 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 144g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
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Critics Review
‘Riotously funny… Pickett cleverly reframes the narrative in the present day and within the tight, comic frame of a wedding… Part of the joy of Pickett’s writing is just how good her jokes are… an undertow of deep feeling… It is writing of the highest quality… Jane Austen would be very proud’
* WhatsOnStage *‘Downright hysterical… Pickett’s script is littered with golden nuggets of comedy… so joyous that maybe even Austen will be laughing in her grave’
* Evening Standard *‘Very funny… a rip roaring modern update from rising star Ava Pickett’
* Time Out *‘Astute and laugh-a-minute funny’
* The Stage *‘An incredibly clever reimagining… some of the best contemporary comedic writing I have ever encountered… had the audience roaring with laughter… a special piece of theatre… a treat to watch from start to finish’
* Theatre & Tonic *‘A sharp, funny, and thoroughly modern rom-com filled with relatable characters, laugh-out-loud moments, and a heart that beats true to Austen’s original themes’
* All That Dazzles *‘An exhilarating and clever take on a well-loved story’
* West End Best Friend *‘Succeeds in spades… take tissues to mop the tears of laughter’
* Reviews Hub *‘Superb… achingly funny… the writing and the jokes are sublimely good… simply glorious’
* LondonTheatre1 *‘Fun and relatable, with a plot that would engage students… best suited to Key Stage 4 and above with lots of opportunity for group work and duologues… would also be a great choice for an upper school production. Students will really engage with the fast pace and comedy of this modern take on a classic story, so I would highly recommend it’
* Drama & Theatre Magazine *‘A madcap masterclass… a joyous and bracingly honest examination of friendship, love, changing family relations, and consequences… I loved reading this… It is perfect for KS4 and KS5… very, very funny… full of perfect opportunities for students to play with pace, falling over, comic exits and entrances, being crackers, dashing out, misunderstanding, structure and those juicy Austen-esque relationships’
* Drama Magazine *Ava Pickett
Ava Pickett is a writer for theatre, film and television.
Her plays include:
- Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy (Stratford East, 2026)
- An adaptation of A. K. Blakemore’s The Manningtree Witches (Mercury Theatre Colchester & Frantic Assembly, 2026)
- An adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma (Rose Theatre, Kingston, 2025)
- 1536 (Almeida Theatre, London, 2025; Ambassadors Theatre, West End, 2026)
She was named Most Promising Playwright at both the 2025 London Standard Theatre Awards and the 2026 Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards for her play 1536, which also won the 2024 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
Her work for television includes co-writer on The Great (Hulu/Channel 4), Brassic (Sky) and Ten Pound Poms (BBC One).
Jane Austen (1775–1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction set among the landed gentry have earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature.
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