From the Bookshelf of Classics Without All the Class…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
Sparkling comedy of provincial manners concerns a well-intentioned young heiress and her matchmaking schemes that result in comic confusion for the inhabitants of a 19th-century English village. Droll characterizations of the well-intentioned heroine, her hypochondriacal father, plus many other finely drawn personalities make this sparkling satire of provincial life one of Jane Austen's finest novels.
...more
Very interesting classical novel. Jane Austin's literary masterpiece.
...more
I have to be honest, I would not have finished this if it has not been for a discussion I read through Goodreads. I don't remember all the details but what caught my eye was that at the end the book was worth the read. Well I will admit that it certainly was. At first I hated Emma and the long, long detailed, rambling chapters were driving me crazy. After I read that discussion I buckled down and I'm so glad I did. Finally in the last half of the book I started to enjoy Emma. I think she grew up
...more
I would give the first 300 pages about 3 stars and then the last 100 pages were 4 stars. The first part of the novel was so slow for me that I found myself setting it aside a lot and then forgetting about it. Consequently, it took me a long time to finish this one. It wasn't bad necessarily but definitely not a favorite Austen of mine.
...more
Jun 15, 2010
Rubab
marked it as to-read
Nov 24, 2015
Clayton Brannon
marked it as to-read
Dec 25, 2018
Ignacio Mondino
marked it as to-read
