Karen is a small and unfortunate child who is so poor she can't even afford a new pair of shoes. After her mother's death, she is taken in and adopted by an elderly blind woman, and it seems as though her life will take a turn for the better. But although Karen is a kind and gentle girl, something diabolical nests in her young soul: vanity. She is so overcome by the vain desire for something beautiful--a pair of red shoes--that those very shoes will be her demise. "Karen es una nina pequena e infortunada tan pobre que ni siquiera puede comprarse un nuevo par de zapatos. Tras la muerte de su madre, es acogida y adoptada por una anciana y parece que su vida va a mejorar. Pero aunque Karen es una nina amable y dulce, algo diabolico anida en su alma infantil: la vanidad. Es tan apoderada por el anhelo vanidoso por algo hermoso--un par de zapatos rojos--que esos mismos zapatos seran su desgracia."

In this unfinished work by Jane Austen, Emma Watson attends her first dance, and her beauty and naivety have all eyes on her. But the novel proposes that perhaps that's not necessarily the only road to happiness for a young woman in pre-Victorian England. Once again, Jane Austen writes about the plight of women during her time, their limited role in society, and their lack of any resources of their own. "En esta obra inconclusa de Jane Austen, Emma Watson asiste a su primer baile, y su belleza e ingenuidad hacen que todas las miradas se centren en ella. Pero la novela propone que tal vez eso no es necesariamente lo unico que conduce a la felicidad para una joven en la Inglaterra previctoriana. Una vez mas, Jane Austen escribe sobre la condicion de la mujer de su epoca, su limitado papel en la sociedad y su falta de recursos propios. "