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Summary: Predictable, but engaging...
Review: I'll admit that I was bored with the first, maybe, two hundred pages. I read Pride & Prejudice and expected something a more. The characters were likeable and the ending of the story as well as the way which it unfolds are quite predictable. I am not a fan of romance novels, but this was engaging, once you got into the story and began an interest in the characters. The object of Emma's affections, (I won't give it away) was not as charming as that of Mr. Darcy in my opinion, but nonetheless likeable. I expected there to be a whirlwind romance with Emma and what romance there was to be a little bit more wanting. I laughed and hoped, and got my happy ending, but it could have been more pronounced, more glamorous for all it's efforts at 400+ pages.I would recommend this book to anyone, just don't read Pride & Prejudice first, as you may be disappointed, as I am, in comparison. It would deserve more stars if I had not done this, myself.
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Summary: Light and Fun Reading
Review: Emma is a wonderful story. It's a timeless story and worth reading. Very light and amusing.
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Summary: Jane Austin are her whitty best.
Review: Without a doubt, the most whitty and comical Austin novel. Not as heavy and deep as say, "Sense and Sensabilty" or "Pride and Prejudice"...but, just as wonderfully written. A real treat.
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Summary: A Review On Emma
Review: Emma Woodhouse is a witty young lady of Hartfield, in England during the nineteenth century. She learns of life and love during the whirlwind fo events that change her life forever. Jane Austen has really outdone herself this time. The book desplays a charming sense of humor and knowledge from the author's point of view and the way each character is portrayed gives a beautiful visual effect in the mind. If this book proves its worth I would certainly say that any of the other novels written by Jane Austen are as wonderful as this book was for me.
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Summary: Charming, witty--an Austen regular
Review: Who can deny the fact that almost every earthling has taken up the fancy of arranging others' lives as roles of puppets? "Life is a stage" so Shakespeare claims, Emma Woodhouse just finds herself enthralled to such dramatic performances, and being so confident of her "directing" skill, scene after scene of Highbury romantic comedies come alive under the hands of Emma before she is even aware of them herself. A charming sample of Austen's lighter works, Emma presents the story of a Victorian era Cher, busy meddling with the love-conquests of her young apprentice Harriet Smith, fumbling into a carelessly-knit net of pretence, then rising to find her Prince Charming in a quiet corner of her throbbing young heart.
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Summary: A great book. One of My Favourites, i recomment it to all!!!
Review: Emma is a great story, the heroine, depicted to be a selfish woman, who has been raised to believe she has no flaws, shows us through the book, how she learns tobe a woman that many people would dream to be. She shows true nature, adn acts as any human would. Her ongoing task to matchmake all her friends end in disaster, but in the end all is well. She handles her problems as one should, adn learns not to think so highly of herself. People say that it is too "worldy" but the book is one of the classics, Jane Austen outdid herself, this is my favourite Jane Austen book, it shows us that we all have flaws,a d that no one is ever perfect.
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Summary: This is on the style & difficulty of Jane Austen's writing.
Review: Emma by Jane Austen is a very sophisticated book. The use of some of Austen's words and phrases from 19th century England (around 200 years ago) may make it somewhat incomprehensible for many readers, though. Since this book is focused more on characters than on the plot, and Jane Austen's own style is very elaborate, it tends to drag on with detailed descriptions of people and events. This can get very tiresome and tedious. So, if you're going to read Emma, you may need to save quite a bit of time because it might be necessary to read some parts a few times to understand them. Because Emma is such an old tale, there has been a movie made of it to make it easier to understand. Of course, it is not as detailed as the book, so the movie can not replace it. The movie Clueless, a modernized version, could also help decode some of the tough parts; just remember, watching it doesn't replace reading it; as characters were added, and names changed. Also, if you are looking for ways to create more effective characters in a story you may be writing, this would be a good story to find examples in. There are many characters who have very distinct and individual personalities in Emma. In this way, it relates to another of Jane Austen's novels, Pride and Prejudice. Emma is a long book with many creative characters, settings and plot twists. If you've read any of Jane Austen's other books, you're sure to enjoy this splendid novel.
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Summary: It was very wordy and the worst book I have ever read
Review: Seriously, this book is just convoluted and boring. I can't believe this is called a classic. Its terrible and the educators at certain high schools should not force this book upon kids--it lowers their grades and intelligence.
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Summary: Good Victorian book, well written, good characterization
Review: Emma was a very well written book in the Victorian era. Jane Austen did a wounderful job portaying the life of a welathy woman in this era. I enjoyed reading this book because it went from Emma being "young" and childish to her being more mature, and eventually falling in love.
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Summary: The book is great, but I'm shocked
Review: that people think it was a rip off of Clueless! It was written 150+ years before the movie came out. How can you all be so clueless about this?
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