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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Description: Good. This book has medium cover wear, light cover lift, light spine tilt, light creases on covers. I will ship this book out on the next business day! Each book individually hand cleaned. 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
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2005-05-31
ISBN-13:9780143034834ISBN:0143034839
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
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Abacus
Date Published: 2004-07-01
ISBN-13:9780349116723ISBN:0349116725
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
"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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