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Slayermel
I found Emma to be a very entertaining read due to all the colourful characters in the story. I enjoyed the book a great deal. As with any Classic novel, I found it to be a very quick read once you get used to the language. :0) Jane Austen is a wonderful story teller and really has a gift for sucking you into her world. I always feel like I know all her characters personally.

The story revolves around Emma a young woman who feels she has a gift for match making, especially after she had such succ
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Luann
Dec 20, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2010, fiction, classics, audio
I read Pride and Prejudice when I was in high school, and I'm sorry to say that I didn't like it much. I felt like it was a lot of boring conversation with nothing much ever happening. As a result of this, I never read any more of Jane Austen's books. When I joined GoodReads, I could see that many, many people have read and loved her books - many people who have read and loved LOTS of the same books that I have. So I started to feel like it was time for me to give Jane Austen another chance. I'm ...more
Nicole
Feb 05, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 1001-list, classics, 2009
I had been resisting reading Austen for years, and now I'm not sure why, because Emma was such fun. It really was similar the movie Clueless, and was fun to pick out the characters.
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Amy 💖
Mar 14, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: classics, favorites, 1800s
I read Emma years ago and wish so much that I could read it again for the first time.
Poppy
May 22, 2007 rated it liked it
Shelves: classics
Blarneygod
Jun 13, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Joanna
Nov 14, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 1001
D.G.
Jan 21, 2008 rated it really liked it
Southernbelle0326
Mar 10, 2008 marked it as to-read
Shelves: classics, jane-austen, own
Kristina
Mar 28, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Abigail
Apr 16, 2008 rated it really liked it
Misty
Apr 28, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: own, janeite, classics
Julianne
Jun 17, 2008 marked it as 1001-books-to-read
Shelves: classics
Jaime
Oct 30, 2008 marked it as to-read
Shelves: own
Jade17
Nov 16, 2008 marked it as to-read
Sandra
Jan 27, 2009 rated it really liked it
Harold Ogle
Jan 11, 2010 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Amanda A
Feb 12, 2010 marked it as to-read
Shelves: audiobook, own
Betty
Feb 15, 2010 marked it as to-read
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