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Emma | Jane Austen

1. This was my 9th or 10th reading? I can't keep track anymore! My viewpoint hasn't shifted too much over the years; Emma has always been low on my Austen List but I've found new things to appreciate each time through.

2. It's complicated! Its a coming-of-age story so of course we have to see how she grows and God knows I regret things I did and said at 20...! But at the same time, her shallow snobbery grates on me. 👇👇

Andrea313 3. I don't think I truly love anyone in this book! But Knightley has the most sense, Miss Bates is the purest of heart, and Mr. John Knightley is a relatable homebody, so I guess those three? 😂 And Frank Churchill can fuck alllllll the way off with his BS! Jane Fairfax deserved better. 59m

Andrea313 6. Oh, dear. The Westons will stay happily married, as will the Martins. I think Emma and Knightley will do just fine, especially if she continues to mellow out as she matures. Poor Jane Fairfax, though; she does not deserve a flirtatious, irresponsible, temperamental prick like Frank and while I guess marriage with a wealthy man beats being a governess, it's not much of a gain! 59m

Andrea313 7/8: Give me Miss Bates and Mr. Woodhouse any day! I actually like Miss Bates and while her yapping is a lot, I'll take it over Augusta's self-importance. And Harriet just makes me roll my eyes. No, I want to hang with Hetty and Henry and hear stories of their youth together, watch them wax nostalgic about Babies Jane, Emma, and Isabella, and delight in the everyday comforts and routines that bring them joy. ❤️ 55m

Andrea313 9. I was struck again that this is a story about community and how we exist within it. We aren't meant for isolation so how do we live alongside many personalities? How do we welcome newcomers? What does it mean to grow and change, to embrace the new or to stagnate? Where does forgiveness live- between Miss Bates and Emma, Harriet and Emma, Frank and, well, everyone- when our mistakes are big ones? These are the questions the book keeps asking me. 42m

Andrea313 Many thanks to @Crinoline_Laphroaig, our fearless leader, for these great questions! #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow 36m

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

Emma - Marjolein Bastin Classics Series | Jane - Bastin Austen, Marjolein

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#Pemberlittens it's time for Emma discussion! Her are my answers:
1️⃣ 5 total. 4X since beginning to track my reading on Goodreads in 2017 and then once as a teenager. I swapped between the gorgeously summery tagged edition & early autumnal Signature Gilded classic edition. Finished up with Juliet Stevenson audio.
2️⃣ My perspective changed after reading article about as a caretaker she tied to her home parenting her parent. Loveable snob. ⬇️

Crinoline_Laphroaig 3️⃣ Mr Knightley. He's a bit grumpy and bossy at times. But he is kind. I love how he decides to move into Emma‘s home rather than upset Mr. Woodhouse.
Least favorite - Frank Churchill. He's such a cad! Yes he's hiding his engagement but that doesn't mean he needs to flirt so much with Emma. And he hides his mean-spiritedness with charm.⬇️
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Crinoline_Laphroaig 4️⃣ Strawberry picking at Donwell is my favorite. I hope one day to plan something inspired by it for my blueberries. Picnic at Box Hill is so cringy. Emma and Frank are horrible.
5️⃣ It's funny how often great quotes are given to unlikeable characters.
“Ah! there is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” - Mrs Elton
“No coffee, I thank you, for me — never take coffee. — A little tea if you please,” - Miss Bates. ⬇️

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Crinoline_Laphroaig 6️⃣ Harriet is so easily swayed that sensible Robert Martin will be a good influence on her. I understand why Jane Fairfax accepted Frank Churchill. But I'm not certain she'll be all that financially secure,he will probably lose the fortune. Also feel he will lose interest in her, cheat, and make her life miserable. ⬇️

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Crinoline_Laphroaig Emma and Knightley will be happy I think. With Knightley being so much older she will end up being a rich widow and go back to her busybody match-making ways and turn into a holy terror.

7️⃣ Miss Bates because she's harmless. Mrs. E will run your life.
8️⃣ I take the gruel! When Harriet couldn't make up her mind on ribbon or where to send had me yelling ‘JUST MAKE A DECISION‘ at the audiobook.⬇️
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Crinoline_Laphroaig 9️⃣ I love the relationship between the Knightley brothers: “How d‘ye do, George?” and “John, how are you?” succeeded in the true English style, burying under a calmness that seemed all but indifference, the real attachment which would have led either of them, if requisite, to do every thing for the good of the other.”

*October means it's time for #EverythingEmma ‘Now‘ retellings and adaptations. 🎩📖👒
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eeclayton I agree about Jane and Frank, not a good match. He seems primarily interested in her looks, not in her person. 11h

Bookwormjillk Yes on everything you said about Frank Churchill! 10h

willaful @Crinoline_Laphroaig Kind of like how Polonius from Hamlet is so often quoted! 8h

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Andrea313

Jane Austen, the Secret Radical | Helena Kelly

On Emma: Kelly suggests Knightley is in the process of enclosure, or privatizing formerly common land. After all, the "gipsies" were hanging about the lanes which must mean that their usual campsite was inaccessible, and the incident of turkey theft in the last chapters means that more villagers of Highbury are going hungry. Honestly, her ideas intrigue me, but then she also mentions that Harriet and Jane Fairfax are half sisters and girl, what?

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Crinoline_Laphroaig There's literally nothing when it comes to Harriet's parentage. WTF? 24h

Andrea313 @Crinoline_Laphroaig Well, Miss Bates is called Hetty, you see, and it's a book where every family name is recycled so clearly Harriet Smith is named after her aunt. 🙃🙃 23h

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CrowCAH

Jane Austen Sticky Note Tin Set | Insight Editions

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From when I shared my #PnPcovers collection with my #JASNA chapter, I received this little book of sticky notes as a thank-you! 🥰

ferskner Ooo which chapter are you in? I'm Middle Tennessee. 2d

CrowCAH @ferskner Eastern Michigan ✋🏻 #MittenLitten here ☺️ Hello fellow JASNA Janeite! 2d

ferskner Eeeeeee I love meeting other JASNA members so much! 2d

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AnneCecilie

Emma | Jane Austen

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My 4th reading of this novel.

And I think what really struck me this time is how much Emma cares for her father and takes care of him. She‘s 21 yrs and almost everything does is to make his life better, that‘s quite remarkable.

I also enjoyed reading about Mrs Weston and Mr. Knightley.

And also Frank Churchill isn‘t the nice guy he pretends to be and I can‘t believe his fiancé forgives him.

#PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow

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ferskner JANE FAIRFAX DESERVES SO MUCH BETTER THANK YOU!!!! 2d

AnneCecilie @ferskner I completely agree. 2d

Crinoline_Laphroaig I read article once about someone who was dealing with a parent's Alzheimer's and found great comfort in reading Emma. It changed my perspective. While Emma is a snob, she is a caregiver. When she says 'don't talk about the seaside because I've never been' makes me realize how tied down she is. That and she can't even go out to dinner without arranging everything for her father first. 24h

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Crinoline_Laphroaig @ferskner @AnneCecilie Frank Churchill is a cad! 24h

AnneCecilie @Crinoline_Laphroaig That‘s one of the things I really noticed this time, how much Emma takes care of her father and how much she is doing to make his life as easy as possible. Before I‘ve really focused on the age difference between Emma and Mr. Knightley , but now I‘m just happy that she found someone that cares just as much as she does about her dad (edited) 12h

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AnneCecilie

All the Sinners Bleed | S Cosby

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I finished the buddy reads; Emma #PemberLittens #JaneAustenTheAndNow and Brideshead Revisited

I finished this month‘s reading of A Thousand Feasts

I read One Boat

#WeeklyForecast

Continue my yearlong reads on the right

Continue All the Sinners Bleed on Audio

Hopefully finish Flashlight

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Andrea313

Emma | Jane Austen

Tweets About Emma, Part 2: I love Brandon Taylor. ? I'm so here for the distinction between "favorite" and "best", because YES. And the follow-up tweet is petty snark at its finest. Where is Emma on your Austen favorites list, #PemberLittens? #JaneAustenThenAndNow

willaful I'd put it as my favorite. Or maybe tied with Pride and Prejudice. 4d

Andrea313 @willaful You and a friend of mine as well! ❤️ 4d

Ruthiella Emma is in my top three along with P&P and Persuasion. 4d

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Andrea313 @Ruthiella And I assume they alternate for the top spot every time you read one? 😂 4d

Ruthiella @Andrea313 That‘s right! 😂 4d

ferskner Wow! Emma is #3 for me, after Persuasion and P&P. 4d

zezeki Emma is my favourite, right after Pride and Prejudice. The 1st time I tried reading it I bailed, but when I gave it a 2nd chance I absolutely loved it. 4d

Crinoline_Laphroaig My top 3 are P & P, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. So Emma gets 4th place. 4d

Andrea313 @ferskner Persuasion and P&P are constantly vying for my top spot, I can never choose! 4d

Andrea313 @zezeki I love how my relationship to Austen's books change as I re-read! What made it stand out more the second time? 4d

Andrea313 @Crinoline_Laphroaig I've said before, I know, but even my lowest-ranked Austen books are miles better than pretty much everything else! 😝 Love that NA is so high for you, btw. 4d

AnneCecilie I am hopeless when it comes to ranking Austen‘s novels. For me the last read is usually the favorite, unless I have some time between the readings 3d

Andrea313 @AnneCecilie I feel you! I'll look at my list in horror that S&S or Mansfield is ranked so low and have to scrap it all. Imagine writing six novels and every single one of them is such a banger! 3d

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Pulse and Prejudice | Colette Saucier

I‘ve never read P&P (I know, I know)
but I do have a soft spot for #vampires & #spookyseason!
Have any of you #pemberlittens read this remix where Darcy‘s a vampire? 🧛
Should I add this #gothic tale to my tbr?

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Andrea313

A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter | William Deresiewicz

I love a rainy night and hot apple cider, with Deresiewicz's meditation on Emma: "These things matter because they matter to the characters themselves. They made up the texture of their lives and gave their existence its savor...those small, "trivial" everyday things, the things that happen hour by hour to the people in our lives; that, [Austen] was telling us, is what the fabric of our years really consist of. That is what life is really about."

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wildwoodreads My favorite sort of night. 😍 1w

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Andrea313

Emma | Jane Austen

Tweets About Emma, Part 1: What resonates with you, #PemberLittens? 😂 #JaneAustenThenAndNow

Ruthiella Love it! 😂 1w

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