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As I often find myself in difficulties of falling asleep, I reach for my tablet and switch to the night mode. There, I can read in the darkness and feel the mushy heaviness of fatigue approach. I have, for a few years now, been of the opinion that Austen wrote in a boring way. I can actually remember continuously falling asleep as I read her for the first time. So choosing one of her books for bedtime reading seemed like a good idea.
But she has done it now. I've read too many of her books. I hav ...more
But she has done it now. I've read too many of her books. I hav ...more
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
OH MY DEAR LORD FINALLY.
I loved Emma.
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