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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.7
EAN num: 9781416500285
ISBN number: 1416500286
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 544
Printing Date: May 24, 2005
Publishing house: Pocket
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A high-spirited young woman meddles in other peoples' love lives in this classic comedy of errors set in nineteenth-century England.
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After reading Emma by Jane Austin I am very much considering not reading another book by Jane Austen.
I was very dissapoited with the book. I am new to readint "the classics" and after looking at several "classic" reading lists found this book to be on several. I decided to read the book and even completed it against my better judgement. I found the book extremely boring and would not recomend it to anyone outside of maybe teenage girls.
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Unlike the previous reviewer, I greatly enjoyed this book. It's actually my favorite of Jane Austen's novels. Emma, to be sure, is a little frivolous and silly, but she's meant to be, as the book shows how she goes from hapless matchmaker to happily matched herself. The book is at times laugh-out-loud funny, and gives charming insight into life during that time period. Poor Harriet is a very amusing character, and Emma's father is a hoot. The many misunderstandings and romantic confusions only add to the story. Give Emma a chance...you won't be disappointed!
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Emma is twenty years old, living in the countryside of Victorian England. Her father is a wealthy hypochondriac, constantly worried about his own health or the health of others. He dotes on Emma and can see no wrong in anything she does. Emma's mother died when she was a small child, and her older sister married and moved away some years ago. This leaves her as the mistress of her estate, with much leisure time to interact with her socially acceptable neighbors and to try her hand at matchmaking.
At very first Emma's schemes seem to be going well. She decides that her new friend Harriet, although not of the same social level as Emma, would be perfect for Mr. Elton, a well-connected neighbor. Everything seems to be as Emma had hoped.... until it all falls apart in misunderstanding and hurt feelings.
Emma is stubborn, though, and refuses to give up even when things among her social circle get more and more confused. Will she be a successful matchmaker? Will she decide to give up her determination never to get married?
I found the characters in this novel very dull and shallow. I didn't find Emma at all appealing, nor did I like any of the other characters in this book. Some of the writing is beautiful and it was interesting to get a glimpse into what life was like at this time, but I found the plot utterly predictable and was a bit frustrated that it took so long for all of the mistakes to sort themselves out.
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