"The Annotated Emma" by Jane Austen (annotated and edited by David M. Shapard)

This is the first time that I have truly enjoyed reading Emma.  I've read it twice before -- once in high school in the 1990s, and once in 2012.  Both times, I laughed my way through it, but I also cringed my way through it.  Emma Woodhouse's meddlesome ways just annoyed me so much!  And, truth be told, they still do.  
But the annotations by David M. Shapard are wonderful, and they added so much to my enjoyment.  He pointed out a lot of places where Emma is extremely kind or sensitive toward her...