Emma
by Jane Austen (also rec’d by J.K. Rowling )
Buy on AmazonFor many years I had a problem with Emma , as compared to, say, Pride and Prejudice . I loved ‘ P and P’ , and I loved its practically perfect heroine, Elizabeth Bennet. Emma , on the other hand, has a much more problematic heroine: Emma Woodhouse is bossy, controlling, obstinate, pigheaded and manipulative. In short, she is horribly like me at my worst. Getting older has mellowed me in many ways, and now that I like to delude myself that I’m not as much like Emma Woodhouse as I used to be, I...
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"For many years I had a problem with Emma , as compared to, say, Pride and Prejudice . I loved ‘ P and P’ , and I loved its practically perfect heroine, Elizabeth Bennet. Emma , on the other hand, has a much more problematic heroine: Emma Woodhouse is bossy, controlling, obstinate, pigheaded and manipulative. In short, she is horribly like me at my worst. Getting older has mellowed me in many ways, and now that I like to delude myself that I’m not as much like Emma Woodhouse as I used to be, I..."
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