Emma
Emma is a charming tale of romance and manners. Emma Woodhouse, a young lady who has everything, is a determined matchmaker. She has no problem meddling in the lives of everyone around her, but when it comes to her own romantic life, is surprisingly obtuse. And of course, nothing ends up going...
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Emma is a charming tale of romance and manners. Emma Woodhouse, a young lady who has everything, is a determined matchmaker. She has no problem meddling in the lives of everyone around her, but when it comes to her own romantic life, is surprisingly obtuse. And of course, nothing ends up going according to plan. But it is her old friend and confidante, Knightley, who might be the biggest surprise in her life. There have been many film and television adaptations, most unusually 1995’s Clueless.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781927002575 (1927002575)
ASIN: B00E3DC2DS
Publish date: August 13th 2013
Publisher: Joe Books
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
3.5 StarsSome of this book wasn't really interesting to me because there was a lot of talking about things relating to rank in society, but other things that were more personal pulled my attention. Emma wasn't one of my favorite characters, but I didn't dislike her either. I wouldn't excitedly tell ...
I have a rocky relationship with Jane Austen. I first read her major works for bragging rights when too young to appreciate them. Then as an adult, I read Mansfield Park and Persuasion, and decided, nope, Austen wasn’t for me. And then I read Northanger Abbey. And it was fun! And funny! So recently,...
This story is a lot of fun and continues to hold up well on every re-read. Emma is perhaps the most realistic of Austen's protagonists - a wealthy young woman who has always been the biggest fish in her little pond, spoiled, vain, arrogant, and petty. But she means well, and eventually matures as sh...
Kolejny raz. Nic na to nie poradzę. Nie zachwyca.
Bedauerlicherweise muss ich Euch gestehen, dass ich schon wieder eine total berühmte Person des Schreibhandwerks und eine Schriftstellerin, die man angeblich gelesen haben muss, für mich persönlich total abmontieren und bösartig verreißen muss. Dabei geht es nicht darum, dass das Werk schon sehr alt...
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