Emma

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Summary: Not Clueless About Emma
Review: Clueless is a lot like Emma. The only difference is that Emma is a story written in 1816, and Clueless is, like, a totally 90's story. I didn't know that Clueless was an adaptation of the classic novel until I read an article, and hey, the writer did a good job of updating Emma. 'Course, both Emma and Clueless are terrific and funny stories about the trials and triabulations of mediocre matchmakers. Additionally, I think Austen does a great job of creating characters that you love and hate with a passion. This is one of the funniest novels that has been written by Jane Austen. I like Emma, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to know the story upon which Clueless was based.

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Summary: A great novel for those who like historical fiction
Review: On a personal note I loved the book as I do all other Jane Austen classics, but I'm not going to trash anyone else's opinion. No one book can ever be loved by everyone. For other readers that enjoyed this as much as I did don't get upset when others don't like it, they just don't WANT to have to translate the different dialect from a different country over a century ago. It's not that they can't, but the more modern setting suits them better. It is true you do have to be a serious reader to get through this novel. If you loose hope in the first few chapters you're not giving it enough time, at this point you've just been introduced to the characters, dialect, and culture of these people. The first 4 or 5 chapters are the hardest, but that's because you're having to learn so much with out any aids to guide you. For everyone who did not enjoy this no one should scoff at your taste, but in the future don't trash mine either. We have different taste neither is betteror worse, just different. For anyone interested, yes, their is a plot but you have to understand Jane Austen's style to see it. If you like a challenge and you like to have your heart pounding in tune with the characters this is a book for you. Bye the way, I am now 16 but I read three of Jane Austen's novels as a freshmen in high school. It's not impossible but it's not easy either.I also recomend "Sense and Sensibility" and "Pride and Predjudice" also by Jane Austen.

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Summary: Favorite novel ever written
Review: I, like several other people who responded, have half a brain and taste in literature and therefore greatly enjoyed this novel. Not only does it have excellent plot, amusing dialogue, and a happy ending but it also lends a great amount of insight into this time in history. I am 18 years old and have read this book several times, surprisingly enough before any films were released, and can honestly say that it was my favorite novel ever written. Obviously those who only gave it one or two stars are more at home reading such low class literary works as Stephen King novels, which certainly have more excitement but don't actually require any real thought. I don't believe that the responses of such people to real literary works would really have any true value in my opinion since they quite apparently have no real intelligence or taste in literture whatsoever. My advice to such people would be to avoid real books and to stick to what they are actually capable of understanding.

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Summary: Some people don't see good writing when they see it
Review: Those who gave this book a three or lower must not know how to appreciate formal writing. I'M SORRY! MOST OF WHAT THEY SAID IN THE BOOK MUST HAVE GONE RIGHT OVER YOUR HEADS! Those who thought it was boring, it did have a plot because HELLO! that was the time period and that's what they did. Go out and learn something for once. Some people can be so stubborn. Hey, go out and read Remains of the Day. That was about a butler. And it was great. Emma was a good book. It's a good story. But I guess some people are to busy staring at the TV screen to notice. I recommend the movie Godzilla for you guys. Packed with action and (guess what?) no plot.

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Summary: Fantastic!!!
Review: I was amazed to read all those reviews by people who gave EMMA ratings of 1 and 2. they obviously missed the point of the novel and were too ignorant to understand it (which I find hard to believe considering I'm only 11 and I read it when I was 9). EMMA made me laugh, cry and everything in-between. It's a classic worth reading over and over again.

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Summary: Annoyed and disturbed
Review: I, unlike other readers, was forced to read this labouriously lengthy novel for my HSC prelimernary Related English course (fiction section). My teacher loved it and boasted about it's greatness. I was very disturbed because, I read it.....got through the first four chapters and went into a coma.... BORING! This story not only lacks any action or plot of sorts but insists on spending copious amounts of pages on meaningless blabber. I had to make a summary of the novel. It took only 1 page. My teahcer could not criticise my summary. I had covered EVERYTHING in the novel! I found Emma to be one of the most irritating characters ever created, for those who boldly state she is the greatest 'heroine', I will say, Joan of Ark was a heroine, Mary mother of Jesus was a heroine, Mother Teresa was a heroine, EMMA is a pretentios, self absorbed, controling, spoilt, BORING individual and should be left in her time and not studied in ours. In Austen's own words, "I am going to take a heroine whom NO ONE BUT MYSELF will much LIKE.", Here, here!

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Summary: Thank God Somebody Else Likes This
Review: If no one else liked this book, I would be responsible for keeping it a classic. I couldn't. As for the plot, I think it goes something like this -- they talk, they talk, they talk, then they shut up, and the book is over.

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Summary: A young reader
Review: As one of the few teenagers who will read Emma voluntarily, I'd just like to say that, thought the length is daunting, I loved reading it all the way through. I first found out about it through the movie and was hooked! I would recommend this book for anyone who likes a good plot with a good, happy ending.

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Summary: Forget about Mars and Venus, read Jane Austen!
Review: I was surprised by the rather divisive views expressed by other readers. Written at the height of her powers, Jane Austen's "Emma" boasts some of the most memorable charaters and the most lucid conversations in English literature. And such penetrative understanding of love and relationships! How they came to a woman who never married herself is always a wonder to me.

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Summary: Relax and Enjoy
Review: This book is one of many by Jane Austen that will put you into a total field of happiness. Emma's perilous journey towards understanding herself and her own wrong doings is funny and down to earth. The English is a bit hard to read but once you get into the book, the English becomes easy to read.