This is a very good book if I had the time to read this book again then I would, I would suggest this book to mostly girls because I think girls would<br>be more interested in this book. Because it is kind of a love story. In a way.<br> PEACE OUT !
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This is a very good book if I had the time to read this book again then I would, I would suggest this book to mostly girls because I think girls would<br>be more interested in this book. Because it is kind of a love story. In a way.<br> PEACE OUT !
This is a passage from Emma:
"there was some satisfaction in considering with what self-denying, generous friendship she had always wished and promoted the match; but it was a black morning's work for her."
Does anyone know what is "a black morning's work "?
I'd very appreciate any explaination of this expression.
It means that it was bad for Emma.
I just took a peek of your public profile, and you said your favorate book is Pride and Prejudice. So it's not that you don't like Austen's writing; you don't like Emma the character, right?
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Ha! I didn't know that was your signature. So you didn't mean we should throw this book with force!
i find this comment offensive. i think that cnsidering it a female book is very ignorant/immature. certainly the fact that i read just about anything as long as i find it intelligent might make me different from normal male readers, but i still think that the theme in the book and the comments on human nature make it unimportant in regards to the gender of the reader.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shandi
Matrim - I agree with you in that I think Emma is much more than a love story. In fact, the love story was a very weak part of the novel - the way Knightley tells Emma off, she goes through this self-discovery process and the result of that is she falls in love with Knightley??? I didn't like that part at all. I thought the themes around social conventions/social order/importance of marriage are much more valuable than the love theme in this novel. Pride and Prejudice would be a much more "girly" book in comparison.
i'm thinking about it, but no. it doesn't come close to a sleazy Harlequin pocketbook.
The book includes this sentence: "It was, indeed, a highly-prized letter. Mrs. Weston had, of course, formed a very favourable idea of the young man; and such a pleasing attention was an irresistible proof of his great good sense, and a most welcome addition to every source and every expression of congratulation which her marriage had already secured"
How can we simplify the part "and a most welcome addition to every source and every expression of congratulation which her marriage had already secured"? What does that mean otherwise? Thanks. :)