About this title: First published in 1816, Jane Austen's EMMA is about an unconventional heroine--and one whom Austen thought no one but herself would like. Emma Woodhouse is bright, beautiful, and rich; she is also snobbish and judgmental, and she can be cruel, with a tendency to interfere in other people's lives. The novel chronicles Emma's attempts to make a ...
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1957
Description: Good. xxvi, 381 p. 21 cm. "The text...is that edited by R. W. Chapman and originally published in 1933 by Oxford University Press. " read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1957
Description: Very Good. xxvi, 381 p. 21 cm. "The text...is that edited by R. W. Chapman and originally published in 1933 by Oxford University Press. " read more
"I read Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility a few years ago, but I don't remember them well at all. So, I count this as just my second Austen, Pride and Prejudice being the other.
Just like with P&P, it is easy to get caught up in the story and involved with the characters. That really is a sign of a very well written book-when instead of just noting 'oh-here is the "bad" guy', you get genuinely angry when they are in the story and breathe a sigh of relief when they leave it.
I know there aren't truly BAD people in this particular story. All the characters are on different levels of stupidity and the worst of them seem to cause the most trouble. Unfortunately, in many ways, Emma is among the ranks of the most ignorant. At least she means well though, which is more then can be said for the ridiculous Frank Churchill. Of course, his standing with me was not at all helped by the fact that I pictured him as in the Gwyneth Paltrow movie-a horrible looking Ewan McGregor with a disgusting head of hair. Too bad his movie character didn't drive an obscene distance to get a haircut like he did in the book. The truest villians of the story are probably the Eltons, its certainly hard not to despise both of them by the end of the story.
I really did love reading this, all the characters had distinct and (mostly) charming personalities that made all the dialogue fly along and the book so easy to read. I'm glad I read it, and will probably read it again someday."
"Ah, Emma. I'd put off reading this book for so long, because I figured having seen Clueless a zillion & one times (not to mention the Gwyneth Paltrow/Toni Colette version), I easily knew the story. Well, of course I was dead wrong! I knew the basics, but the book itself is so much more - as per usual. There were more characters, more intricacies; there was more of a story. I enjoyed this book, although it wasn't my favorite Austen. And I was anxious to be done with it when I had about 50 pages left, and I just couldn't seem to get through it - not because it was necessarily boring, but I think because I knew what was going to happen (although I did end up being very surprised by a story twist pretty late in the book!), and I was anxious to move onto another book. But it turns out things worked out differently than I had excepted, and it was a pleasant surprise. Austen writes very charmingly, and although sometimes you just want to hate Emma & a few other characters, she also really writes quite engagingly. I'm glad I now have this classic under my belt."
"This is Pride and Prejudice's match (a hair less perfect but with its own delights), one with as entertaining a cast of characters, a heroine and hero with whom one is fully engaged, a fun and never too serious plot.
I recall that Jane Austen wrote something about Emma being a heroine that no one else would like. I always found Emma easy to like - for someone spoiled by too much admiration, she's very generous and well-intentioned.
"Emma is a great book. Like someone stated earlier keeping up with characters is a major detail and possibly having a notepad writing down who is who and what they do wouldn't be such a bad idea. Emma is just a hopeless romantic wanting to help everyone else but never herself. I really enjoyed this book."
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