Jane Austen
Paperback | Pages: 474 pages Rating: 4 | 604988 Users | 15838 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Emma |
| ISBN: | 0141439580 (ISBN13: 9780141439587) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Emma Woodhouse, George Knightley, Harriet Smith, Jane Fairfax, Frank Churchill, Henry Woodhouse, Mr. Woodhouse, Mrs. Weston, Philip Elton, Augusta Elton, Mr Weston, Mrs Anne Weston, Miss Bates, Isabella Woodhouse, John Knightley, Mr. Elton, Mrs. Elton |
| Setting: | Surrey, England |
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“I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.”Personally, I may have lost my self-control, but not my heart.
My motivation to read this book stemmed from J.K. Rowling stating that this was one of her favourite books. A few years ago I read my first Jane Austen, which was Pride and Prejudice, and I really enjoyed it.
I thought Emma couldn't be that bad, it's a popular classic and its rating is good. To be honest, it's not bad, exactly, but the fact that it took me one whole month to get through it says a lot. I had lots and lots of problems with this novel.
1. Emma
Such a vain and arrogant main character. I mean, I know she is supposed to be an unlikeable character for literary reasons. But that doesn't make it any easier.
2. Miss Bates
Why bother wasting so much ink and paper on nonsense. Numerous pages of nonsense.
3. They way people are
Wait. Let me guess. That character is - wait for it - pleasant? The nicest person in the world? Of such sweet disposition? So generous, exceptional, kind, satisfactory and pleasant. Please save me.
4. The way people talk
Hours could go by and Emma and her father could talk about nothing but the pig they owned and had slaughtered, and what they'll make of it for dinner, and how nice it was that they gave some of it to the Bates, and if it was the right part of the pig they gave away, or if they should have given something else, but no it is all fine and pleasant, and that was very generous of them, and they will surely be very gracious, since they gave away such fine piece of pork, and won't dinner be nice and kick me on the shin pleasant.
5. The plot
Scratch 300 pages of nonsense and nervewracking pleasantness and this could have been a book I enjoyed.
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Details Regarding Books Emma
| Title | : | Emma |
| Author | : | Jane Austen |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Penguin Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 474 pages |
| Published | : | May 6th 2003 by Penguin Books (first published December 23rd 1815) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Romance. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature. 19th Century |
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Ratings: 4 From 604988 Users | 15838 ReviewsNotice Regarding Books Emma
It took me longer to read this than any other Austen novel. It's a lot denser than her usual effortless breezy brilliance and it's also more nuanced and a little darker. For the first time she creates a central female character who isn't likeable. Emma is smug, she's a snob and she's a classic control freak. She tends to disapprove of any coupling she herself hasn't helped bring about. She herself, devoted to her ailing and rather tiresome father, maintains she will never marry. The narrativeI love your review, Kai, and what Johanna says about Mr Woodhouse. I loved Pride and Prejudice. I thought I wasnt getting something right here, but
Loved it!Why don't I read more classics?! I'll definitely need to read her other books.The BBC tv show was also adorable!
I hope not to raise any of my friends sensibilities when I tell you that although I liked Emma, I did not love it. Emma simply did not move me. "With insufferable vanity had she believed herself in the secret of everybody's feelings; with unpardonable arrogance proposed everybody's destiny. She was proved to have been universally mistaken. She had brought evil on Harriet, on herself, and she too much feared, on Mr. Knightley." I liked the hilarity of her well-meaning but misdirected attempts at
Jane Austen seems to be a rather divisive figure as of late. You love her for her wit, her irony, her gentle but pointed depictions of manners and love. Or you hate her because she seems to be harking back to an age of prescribed gender roles and stultifying drawing room conversation. I am of the former camp.Emma may be one of her more divisive novels and the title character one of her more controversial creations. Or perhaps that should be one of her more irritating creations. She exasperates
Loved it!Why don't I read more classics?! I'll definitely need to read her other books.The BBC tv show was also adorable!
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