About this title: From two novel fragments that Charlotte Brontė left behind at her death, Clare Boylan has constructed a novel about a girl--the eponymous Emma--with mysterious parentage whose life and adventures go beyond Brontė's usual milieu of mansion and schoolroom, taking her to the perilous London streets of 1851.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780670032976ISBN:0670032972
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780670032976ISBN:0670032972
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Adult
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780670032976ISBN:0670032972
Description: Good in Good jacket. 115-X-Add Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780670032976ISBN:0670032972
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BCE. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Edition: Stated 1st Edition: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, New York
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780670032976ISBN:0670032972
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 437 Pages. Measures: 6-1/4" x 9-1/2" Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an Ex-Library book or a Book Club Edition. Colorfully illustrated dust jacket. Includes 38 Chapters, Afterword, and a photograph with a brief biography of the author as well as a list of her other writings. read more
Description: Fine. 0670032972 Excellent Condition Hard Cover book with paper dust jacket cover! Clean pages, No writing in book, dust jacket great-no tears, mild edge rub, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Very Good. Penguin TPB, 2005, 1st PB printing. Lightly used, clean, solid binding, light wear corners and edges, no markings r highlighting. read more
Description: New. 0670032972 Brand NEW First Edition ~ 1st Printing Hard cover book with paper dust jacket cover, clean pages, corners crisp, may have remainder dash, a NEW Book! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: NY: Viking 2003, HB, 1st edition, 437p., vg/vg, one fourth inch chip on dustjacket top spine edge, now in mylar, remainder mark on edge. read more
"I really wanted to read the Charlotte Bronte passage.
Sadly, that's pretty much it.
See, I know that "Jane Eyre" had the irritating Helen Burns. But let me tell you, Helen Burns had nothing on the maudlin, tawdry Jenny Drew. She had all the insight and philosophy of "The Family Circus" (especially Grandpa's ghost! I love that guy!) and all the wit, too.
Ms Boylan makes a good effort here -- Charlotte Bronte is a lot to live up to, and it can't have been easy to try to seamlessly blend into the time period. The book, however, is sometimes jarringly modern (child prostitution?) and sometimes simperingly antiquated (the whole Crystal Palace scene makes "Great Expectations" seem gritty and clear-eyed). Basically, it doesn't work for me."
"Excellent story for story's sake as opposed to the usual fantasy or adventure books I find myself gravitating towards. A minor mystery but in old fashioned terms forms the core of the story but its the old fashioned means of telling the tale that made this book so captivating. England in those times was a truly frightening place if you didn't have money!"
"There were parts where the Boylan-written chapters of the book didn't feel Victorian or Bronte-ish enough, but the story and the writing were compelling enough for me - yes, even me! - to ignore this."
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