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Emma
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June 3, 2003
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December 31, 2013
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Passage to Selfhood
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Emma Wodehouse's maturation from a youthful enthusiast in managing other people's affairs to achieve a hi…more

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The passage to selfhood
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Ci
Jan 21, 2011 rated it it was amazing
One must hold judgement and extend patience when considering such a constricted life in Emma Wodehouse's world. If Emma, either by youthfulness and wellborn confidence, set her personal project away from finding a suitable husband, what could she exercise her energy among the genteel circles of a few families? By deliberately making the palette of the story so plain, so devoid of load colors and dramatic events, how can she find a path to gain self-knowledge as a woman?

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