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Perhaps the out-and-out funniest of Jane Austen's books. Telling the story of a heroine Austen feared readers would actively dislike, Emma has turned out to be a character whose creation was necessary to the development of the spoiled rich kid genre of literature, TV and movies. Since Emma knows what's best for everybody, she sets about trying to straighten the world out. It doesn't work. Fortunately, before completely screwing up everyone else's life, she gets her head screwed on straight and for the first time sees what it's all about.

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Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. Read the first page

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Novel, Mar 12 2012

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This review is from: Penguin Classics Emma (Paperback)

You will either love this book or hate it--all of the people I've spoken to about it fall into one of the two camps--and your feelings will depend in large measure on what you think of Austen's clueless heroine Emma. Some people find her unlikeable and so can't stand the book, and some get a kick out of how clueless she is as she meddles in other people's lives and creates havoc with her matchmaking.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Emma, Feb 4 2012

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it arrived in excellent condition, I like the story, have the DVD also, love the story. I already knew what the story was about, I wanted to have all the Jane Austen books, as I have the DVDs.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Specifically Universal Story, July 10 2000

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How could Jane Austen have thought that the character of Emma would please no one but the author?

I was charmed to enter Emma's world, amused by her wit, stunned by her complacency, sympathetic when she made her mistakes. I finished the book with a real affection for this character, drawn so finely and so lovingly by a truly masterful writer.

I had seen the movie version starring Gywneth Paltrow before reading the book. I expected to read the entire book with Paltrow's raspy laugh and swanlike neck in mind. Yet Austen transported me away from my cinematic preconceptions. There is so much more to "Emma" than a movie can capture: the incisive social commentary, the near perfect grasp of human nature, which hasn't changed much since Austen's time, in all its ugliness and sublimity.

There has been much discussion over why Austen remains so popular with readers today. After all, her characters are geographically and socially isolated, immensely concerned with money, and (with a few exceptions) have no discernible occupations other than hunting for mates. It is hard to find similarities between these lives and those of modern Americans. What Austen does so well is to depict her particular place and time with astonishing clarity. Through Austen's (and Emma's) eyes, we see the commonalties that exist among all people, no matter the time or place.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's such a happiness
"Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition" is a suitable heroine for Jane Austen's lightest, frothiest novel. Read more

Published on May 16 2010 by E. A Solinas

2.0 out of 5 stars Too bland...
This novel takes forever to get to the point of the story. I couldn't even finish it! Try PRIDE AND PREJUDICE instead - at least it has a plot. Read more

Published on Jun 26 2004 by Adele