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Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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last updated Jan 17, 2023 03:51PM
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Finally made it through this one! While EMMA remains my least favorite Austen, there are some good lines found within its covers, and it is rather satisfying to finally be done with it (and it only took four tries! 😐).
It's among Jane's longest novels, and I confess I felt the wordcount. I found most of it delightful, but sometimes a fun element (silly hypochondria, planning a ball) gets too repetitive or drawn out, and it loses momentum. This is entertaining and it's interesting to have an Austen hero who's rich and socially dominant - this is well worth reading! I just don't think it's in my "read every 1-2 years" pile.
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One of my favorite books.
Oct 20, 2010
Melissa Wiebe
rated it
really liked it
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Aug 17, 2015
Stormnangel
marked it as to-read
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