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(Book 936 from 1001 Books) - Emma, Jane Austen Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The story takes place in the fictional village of High-bury and the surrounding estates of Hart-field, Randalls, and Donwell Abbey and involves the relationships among individuals in those locations ...
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Dec 23, 2015 · An argument for Emma's greatness on its 200th anniversary, based on its challenging heroine, its rich language, and its social critique. The article explores Emma's power, likeability, and influence, and compares her to other Austen heroines and modern rich bitches.
Feb 20, 2020 · Alissa Wilkinson praises the new Emma film for capturing Austen's wit and humor, and the performances of Anya Taylor-Joy and Johnny Flynn. She compares it to other Emma adaptations and Clueless, and finds it a perfect blend of comedy and romance.
A parent's guide to Jane Austen's classic novel Emma, with ratings, summaries, and discussion topics. Learn about the characters, themes, and language of this romantic comedy.
- Happy Or Grieving
- “The Superior Hopes”
- Too Adept
- Keeping Life at A Distance
- “Love Is Not My Way”
- “Do Her Good”
- “Flutter of Happiness”
It wasn’t that simple. In the early 19thcentury, women going into childbirth knew that, because of any number of factors, it could be fatal. About one in every 200 mothers died giving birth in England during that time whereas, today, it’s about one in 10,000. The mother and everyone else had strong hopes that the outcome of labor would be a happy e...
Emmais nothing if not a novel knee-deep in what would become known a couple decades later as the Victorian era. Consider this description from the scene in which Emma Woodhouse suddenly comes to realize that {————} loves her — I’m leaving out the name not to spoil the pleasure of anyone who hasn’t yet read the book — and {————} comes to realize tha...
Emmahas been read and enjoyed for more than 200 years. I read it at the beginning of the 2020s and found it fresh, delightful and wonderfully alert to the way human beings feel and think and act, and don’t. Emma spends most of the novel trying to arrange the lives of the people around her. Which is to say, she spends most of the novel trying to man...
At the end, when Emma and {————} fall in love, Austen takes a moment to observe: Austen adds that it’s easy enough to misunderstand the actions and words of another person. However, feelings aren’t as likely to be misconstrued — if you’re willing to feel them. What she means, I think, is that trying to understand actions and words of others and try...
Emma is a young woman who, during the course of the novel, turns 21. She’s the richest woman in her town which gives her a lot of clout and a lot that cushions her from the battering that life can give. In essence, she’s about to become an adult and, without realizing it, finds adulthood a scary prospect. Harriet Smith is the somewhat spacy young w...
It certainly seems that Emma is protesting a bit too much. Mr. Knightley, a close family friend in his late 30s, doesn’t like what Emma is trying to do with Harriet Smith, in part because Emma blocked a marriage between Harriet and his friend Mr. Martin, a farm-owner but not a gentleman. Mr. Knightley and Mrs. Weston, the governess who raised Emma ...
Emma is a universal story, written, for all its early 19th century style, with wit, energy and zest. Indeed, if it were published today for the first time, it would fit right into the bestseller lists. Consider that it was the inspiration of two very modern comedy films: the 1995 Clueless, starring Alicia Silverstone, and the 1996 Emma, starring Gw...
Jul 17, 2015 · A book blog review of Emma, a comedy of manners by Jane Austen, published in 1815. The reviewer praises the novel's plot, characters, dialogue, and themes, and explores its social and literary context.
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Feb 20, 2020 · Review: ‘Emma’ proves the spirit of Jane Austen never gets old. Invariably astute in all things, Jane Austen got it unaccountably wrong with regard to one of her own characters, a young woman ...
