The Watsons

Jane Austen's unfinished novel follows Emma Watson, raised in comfort and returned to a struggling family, as she navigates a country neighbourhood's marriages and manoeuvres.

At a glance A tantalising fragment of the great comic novelist at work. There is a particular pleasure, and a particular ache, in reading a story that its… The Watsons is Jane Austen breaking off mid-sentence in the life of a heroine we would… What it's about Emma Watson, brought up by a wealthy aunt, returns to her father's…

Emma Watson, brought up by a wealthy aunt, returns to her father's modest household and to sisters whose prospects are precarious and whose hopes turn, as they must, on marriage.