tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post6341410285735986853..comments2024-02-25T19:19:39.854+11:00Comments on I prefer reading: On not liking Emmalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509400868331534237noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-7731868064212123582010-01-09T12:35:04.735+11:002010-01-09T12:35:04.735+11:00Well I don't like Anne from Persuasion, so you...Well I don't like Anne from Persuasion, so you're doing better than meStuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-2621133275170894972010-01-09T07:37:46.064+11:002010-01-09T07:37:46.064+11:00I've always felt much the same about 'Emma...I've always felt much the same about 'Emma'. The film and TV adaptations generally tended to confirm my irritation with the heroine. I did enjoy the latest BBC version though, I hope you do too.David Nolan (David73277)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16898875181095358216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-60385734195261307942010-01-09T01:54:35.622+11:002010-01-09T01:54:35.622+11:00I never liked Emma because I hated it that Mr. Kni...I never liked <i>Emma</i> because I hated it that Mr. Knightley is such a father figure. It wasn't until the movie with Jeremy Northam that I appreciated Mr. Knightley's possibilities :) But I agree, <i>Persuasion</i> is my favorite.Tacy Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10666637252612502220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-79071267468752030522010-01-09T01:15:31.778+11:002010-01-09T01:15:31.778+11:00I've yet to read Emma (am rereading P&P ho...I've yet to read Emma (am rereading P&P however), though I hope to read it and Mansfield Park this year (the last two unread JA books). At the moment I'm reading Angel by Elizabeth Taylor--another character who doesn't come off well at all--I'm not liking her much but I love ET's writing and am curious to see where she's going with Angel.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415242678720695754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-29097305820676058162010-01-08T20:46:33.637+11:002010-01-08T20:46:33.637+11:00I do hope you get to like Emma or at least appreci...I do hope you get to like Emma or at least appreciate her. Of course she needs a good shake and indeed that is what she gets,in the end -- though she doesn't really learn from her first big mistake over Harriet and the vicar, when she makes that awful gaffe at the Box Hill picnic and by doing so alienates Mr Knightly, she really does look hard at herself and starts on the path to reform. That's how I see it, anyway.<br />Nice blog by the way!harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020849054403226268.post-3240497604626108572010-01-08T18:02:38.181+11:002010-01-08T18:02:38.181+11:00Jane Austen did say that she was writing a novel i...Jane Austen did say that she was writing a novel in which nobody would like the heroine--"I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." Emma does think too highly of herself. Unlike most of the other Austen heroines, Emma already seems to have arrived: "Handsome, clever, and rich". So what will happen to make her come to terms with the fact that she's not the most spectacular star in the sky?sunt_lacrimae_rerumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05659053841051896981noreply@blogger.com