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Having seen several different film/television adaptations of this book, I was all set to make this my favourite Jane Austen novel, but a few things kept annoying me. Part of this was, I think, due to cultural differences between now and the early C19th. I found it hard to sympathise with the moral that those who knew their place and stayed in it would be happier.
However, the characters were very well developed - all with likeable and dislikeable qualities - just like people that anyone could kn ...more
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My least favorite of Jane Austen's books so far. I though Emma was very condescending.
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