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I love chatting with you all, but I won't be rereading this I don't think. I want to read things I've not read, plus I still have to finish my reread of Sense & Sensibility I started with you all!!
I read Emma last year, back when this group got me into an Austen mood after Northanger Abbey :) I'd love to hear what you all think about it.



I read Emma in June. Bought my copy at a Chapters in Toronto, my aunt wanted to give me a book for my birthday : ) I loved the book the more for the memories of buying that I relate to it.
Especially as the lady at the counter thought I was Canadian (it's always hugely flattering for me if an English native speaker mistakes me for being one, too, because I HATE my German accent) : )
Especially as the lady at the counter thought I was Canadian (it's always hugely flattering for me if an English native speaker mistakes me for being one, too, because I HATE my German accent) : )

Oh, and Marion, I would love to speak another language fluently enough to be mistaken for a native speaker (heck, I'd love to just be fluent!) But there's one thing you should know about Americans (can't speak for Canadians) -- we are absolute suckers for accents, especially European accents. I think it has something to do with our love/hate relationship and misplaced longing for royalty! ;D
I know, Deborah, my cousin's wife also couldn't understand why I wanted to get rid of my accent ; )
I guess I'll never be able to loose it totally, not even if I'll happen to life in the states for some time.. but I'll still try. To me, it's simply a sign of my own imperfection. I am simply a perfectionist.
I guess I'll never be able to loose it totally, not even if I'll happen to life in the states for some time.. but I'll still try. To me, it's simply a sign of my own imperfection. I am simply a perfectionist.



You can read Emma whenever you want, Lori - Either right away or during February or whatever you like. We'll only start discussing on the 1st, but the discussions thread is never closed, so you can also add comments way after the month in which we read it.


It's all up to you as to when you want to join in the discussions. In the past we've had multiple threads so that people could jump in as they were reading, but lately people haven't seemed to be as into that so it's just been one thread. We're a pretty fluid group and go with what those participating prefer.
Dini, I laughed out loud at your comment! I also instantly thought of James McEvoy, remembering your crush!
Dini, I laughed out loud at your comment! I also instantly thought of James McEvoy, remembering your crush!


Lori, I always read the books as soon as I find time for them. I read the Secret Life of Bees just last weekend, after the discussion had already begun, but I also read other books well in advance.

A homework system, that sounds interesting : )
What are you going to do? I developed a couple of those myself but it somehow is always pretty hard for me to stick to them.
What are you going to do? I developed a couple of those myself but it somehow is always pretty hard for me to stick to them.

I hope I can stick with it because last semester I had no reading time whatsoever. I rarely got a free weekend because each week, I'd have at least one major paper, project or test the next week.



Of course it's abridged, but not very much an I can look up interesting parts if I want to. :)
And I would really need a homework system, too! Studying three languages is just too much - so I never to anything, which isn't good, either...

What three languages are you learning Freddy?
I'm glad that some of you are excited about Emma. I have no idea when I last read Emma, but I am excited to read it again--and rewatch Emma with Gwyneth and Clueless, too!
This is one of my favorite books, and I have to add it was a no-brainer pick for the name of my first daughter. And this was pre-Rachael and Ross's baby! :) So I now have an Emma who happens to be turning eight next month. Just a little sharing. :)
This is one of my favorite books, and I have to add it was a no-brainer pick for the name of my first daughter. And this was pre-Rachael and Ross's baby! :) So I now have an Emma who happens to be turning eight next month. Just a little sharing. :)

Is Clueless supposed to be a modern adaption of Emma? I have seen the movie a couple of times and liked it, but I never realized a similarity to Emma.
It is, Marion...
"An update of Jane Austen's 1816 novel Emma, the film tells the story of Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone), a good-natured but superficial girl."
"An update of Jane Austen's 1816 novel Emma, the film tells the story of Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone), a good-natured but superficial girl."

Yes Marion, Clueless is the modern teenage version of Emma: Alicia Silverstone is Emma of course, her stepbrother Josh is Mr. Knightley, Brittany Murphy is Harriet Smith, Travis (the skater guy) is Robert Martin, Christian is Frank Churchill and the teachers who they brought together are kinda the Westons. Clueless is such a great modern Austen remake, funny and witty!
Have you seen the Kate Beckinsale version of Emma? I haven't seen it until recently, always swore by the Gwyneth Paltrow/Jeremy Northam version, but after reading the novel watched the Kate Beckinsale one, and I have to say I agree with all those who prefer that one (even though it is sans Jeremy Northam :-( ) because it is much more true to the novel and some of the characters are more liekable, so I woudl definitely recommend you all to watch it!


Alison, so cute an eight year old Emma! Always liked that name, It's even one of the most popular names for newborn girls in my country, has been for a few years running now (I think Friends had something to do with that). I am expecting a boy, so...
Clueless is a well done adaptation in my opninion of the Emma-story...Loved Alicia Silverstone in that one.

My 2009 reading challenge is to read all remaining works of Jane Austen which I ahven't read so far.
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