Comments on: Emma Readalong part three

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:31:11 +0000

I agree with what Nat says about Jane Fairfax. Perhaps we tend to excuse her because she was in love, but she seems to have the beginnings of a talent for deception.

By: Nishita (@nishmvk)

Nishita (@nishmvk) — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 01:24:37 +0000

Aah I love Knightley, especially in that scene where he chides Emma. I thought it was brave and nice of him at the same time. He could so easily have looked the other way and not ruffle Emma’s feathers. I really like that about him.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:56:10 +0000

Love the Aladdin gifs, perfect! I liked the dance party so much I’ve forgotten a great deal of the rest, but I do remember wishing Frank was better. I agree about Mr Knightly’s behaviour towards Emma. He’s not my favourite of Austen’s heroes.

By: Juhi @ Nooks & Crannies

Juhi @ Nooks & Crannies — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:23:31 +0000

And now you’ve made me want to read it again! I’ll probably download it for my upcoming 14 hours flight.

By: Words for Worms

Words for Worms — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 20:49:55 +0000

Hahahaha! I love this. It’s been so long since I read Emma, this brought it all back!

By: Nat

Nat — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:40:12 +0000

Dunno about Jane Fairfax staying in town, though. She married Frank Churchill by choice. And stayed silent while Frank Churchill was lying to everyone else. I don't like her very much.

By: litlove

litlove — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:06:13 +0000

How I love your writing about books when you are really into them! This is priceless. I completely agree about Mr Knightley, and don’t think it’s a good idea to love someone as a project for education. It’s all a bit superior. And Mrs Elton is utterly ghastly – see Austen never allows for other people to give the sort of cut down that Mrs Elton is in sore need of. Austen can’t have her characters say ‘oh for crying out loud’ and that means the awful people are unchecked in their awfulness. It’s sweet but unliveable, I think.

By: Ela

Ela — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 10:35:55 +0000

Ah, I just love the way Mrs Elton inserts the name of her sister’s house “Maple Grove” into her conversation at every possible moment! Maybe Mr Knightley appeals more to the more mature reader, who might appreciate a man who is kind and thoughtful rather than someone who’s handsome and rather romantic-seeming?

I did like the bit where Emma realises, from talking to Harriet, that she herself loves Mr Knightley, and how awful it’s going to be if he asks her friend to marry him, but that she’s just going to have to suck it up – that moment crystallised all the liking I had for her. That’s the worst moment for her.

By: Alison

Alison — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 01:52:27 +0000

Mrs. Elton certainly was…fun… in this installment. I did get a few chuckles out of how ridiculous she acted.

I’ve said it before but right now Mr. Knightley is my favorite Austen hero. I liked him all the way through the book.

I decided to watch Clueless for the first time in years after finishing Emma. I liked it a lot better this time around. Mainly because now I ‘get’ what they were doing with adapting Emma and making it modern (plus I’m older now which always helps). You can’t help but love Cher/Emma because you can *see* how hard she’ trying to be good and helpful.

By: rhapsodyinbooks

rhapsodyinbooks — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 16:57:43 +0000

Okay, now I must watch Clueless again. It’s funny how timeless is Clueless, sort of like how Emma is….