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Emma by Jane Austen

kelliwegner's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

navoda's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

skatcher21's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

cjones16's review against another edition

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5.0

What makes perfection? Emma. Austen sculpts one of her most remarkable communities in the landscape of Highbury, introducing us to a spectrum of headstrong and refreshing individuals. A properly English story, which comforts and compels.

zuchus's review against another edition

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3.25

I think it's an interesting book in theory, not in practice

I don't really care about any of the other characters bar Emma, and though I think the arcs were neat
Emma's ego death and rebuild, not having to balance her filial duties w/ getting married to Mr. Knightley was a good way to resolve her arc, and Harriet becomes what Emma wanted all along, which was to be successful and happy on her own merits through marrying Mr. Martin, which I think are both neat
, I found the prose stiff and tough to get through

roo_rachel's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

ayeshat99's review against another edition

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slow-paced

4.0

thebookwormsfeast's review against another edition

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4.0

Not my favourite Austen, but I think that was clear in that this was my second attempt at it

ohbookisme's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

antonella24's review against another edition

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4.0

Emma di Jane Austen è un romanzo divertente e coinvolgente, che racconta le avventure amorose di Emma Woodhouse, una giovane donna bella, ricca e intelligente, che si diverte a combinare matrimoni per le sue amiche, senza accorgersi né dei propri sentimenti né di quelli degli altri. Il libro è una satira della società inglese di inizio Ottocento, dove la vita si svolge tra feste, picnic, visite e pettegolezzi. La Austen descrive con ironia e finezza i personaggi, le abitudini, i pregiudizi e le ipocrisie dell'epoca, creando situazioni comiche e imbarazzanti. Il romanzo è anche una riflessione sul ruolo della donna nella società, sulle sue possibilità di scelta e di realizzazione.
Emma è una delle poche eroine di Jane Austen che non ha bisogno di sposarsi per garantirsi una posizione economica e sociale all'inizio può risultare viziata e altezzosa ma nel corso del romanzo impara a conoscere meglio se stessa e gli altri, a correggere i suoi difetti e a trovare la sua felicità.
La trama è a volte lenta e ripetitiva, alcuni personaggi sono poco approfonditi o stereotipati, il finale è un po' scontato e affrettato tuttavia Emma resta un capolavoro della letteratura inglese, che merita di essere letto e apprezzato. La morale che si può trarre dal libro è che bisogna seguire il proprio cuore, ma anche ascoltare la propria ragione, per non cadere in errori e illusioni.