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Although I suspect everyone reading this blog is well aware of the plot of Emma, just in case



EmmaEmma by Jane Austen

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Frank Churchill is a ding ding.

I feel like that could be the whole of my review, but I have a little more to say about the novel. :)

Emma is deeply silly in her misconceptions, but I can't help but feel for her; she's discombobulated after Miss Taylor gets married. She's unmoored and lonely and doesn't make the best choices as a result.

I only feel unalloyed sympathy for two people in this novel, and the first is Jane Fairfax. Jane has so few options. To be a governess is to occupy this liminal space that can be quite diminishing and frightening. To be demoted from essentially one of the Campbell family (and a family of consequence) to the help, always occupying this weird space in the intersections of friend, family, and servant--poor Jane! Even if she doesn't truly love Frank Churchill (and I do wonder about that a bit because he's so cruel to her at times), he's pretty much a Prince Charming for her. Why else would she put up with him being such a ding ding?

I also sympathize with Harriet; all her misfortune can be laid squarely at Emma's feet.

But all's well that ends well, and this one does end so very well.

I love this more each time I reread.



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Date: 2018-11-03 08:33 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] notasupervillain
I feel for Emma too. She has so much energy to employ, but nothing to do with it. As an unmarried lady, she has all the freedom she'll ever have, and she's stuck and home coming up with silly schemes.

Date: 2018-11-03 06:44 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] notasupervillain
Agreed. I don't want to live any time or place that doesn't have access to birth control. And the associated gender dynamic changes.

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