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Emma is, for the first two-thirds of the book, a novel about rich people misunderstanding each other and thus being subjected to problems. Because that's a category of novel that I really enjoy, I loved the first two-thirds of the book (because it's a category of novel I really enjoy, I also don't mind Emma as the protagonist. Let they among us without self-centeredness at 21 cast the first internet stone). The last third is what brought my rating down. By no means do I view Austen as a soppy or
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Emma is the first novel by Jane Austen I have read (I guess P&P&Zombies doesn´t really count as a Jane Ausen novel), and I have to say that I´m pleasantly surprised. Nothing of real importance happens and there is no action what so ever, but Austen raises this nothingness to an art.
I have read many reviews of people who just couldn´t stand Emma Woodhouse. I completely disagree. She feels like an ignorant younger sister, who makes wrong decisions but does this so innocently that you still have t ...more
I have read many reviews of people who just couldn´t stand Emma Woodhouse. I completely disagree. She feels like an ignorant younger sister, who makes wrong decisions but does this so innocently that you still have t ...more
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