Emma: Illustrated Edition by Jane Austen

4.0 AVERAGE

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pixie_d's review against another edition

4.5
emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Use this book for fun, as background to all the great adaptations, and/or as a master class in writing, particularly characters and plotting. In many ways Austen uses (and maybe invents?) trucks of the modern mystery novel. So don't "spoiler" the mysteries for yourself if this would be your first I troduction to the story. Let it surprise you, then read it again later and let her techniques delight you.
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kglaraton's review against another edition

4.5
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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macbean221b's review against another edition

4.5
funny lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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biancamip's review against another edition

5.0
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
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lory_enterenchanted's review against another edition

4.0
emotional reflective
Austen shifts from having a main character we're supposed to identify with and problematic characters all around her, to the main character being the problem. It's brilliantly done, in centering on a truly "clueless" consciousness while giving us all the clues we need to puzzle out the story. 

I don't hate Emma, I'm too prone to her faults myself, except I wish she were less snobbishly preoccupied with social class. But that's a given in Austen, people must stay In Their Place or the world will Fall Apart.

Emma is also different from previous Austen heroines in not needing to marry for financial security, but she has an alter ego, Jane Fairfax, who does... 

annikare's review against another edition

3.75
lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

m_oreader's review against another edition

5.0
funny lighthearted medium-paced
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girlwithflaxenhair's review against another edition

5.0
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emelyns314's review against another edition

4.0
I liked this book a lot, I just didn't love it. It is a rather slow-paced book, with all of it's teas and parties and other socialites. Emma is very naive at the beginning of this story but grows to be wiser and better. She learns valuable life lessons; and consequently, so does the reader. These lessons include: respecting your elders, not messing in other people's love lives, and Price Charming isn't always who you think it is going to be.

lishiak's review against another edition

4.0
challenging emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes