I really wanted to like this, but I didn't. Jane Austen and I do not get along.

Emma apparently has nothing better to do than try to pair her friend Harriet up with essentially any male that is more wealthy than Robert Martin.

This book was so boring. I didn't care about the characters at all. Most of the book was utter non-sense, particularly women talking about unimportant things like apples or using too many apples, Maple Grove. There was talk about how wonderful it is that someone wrote a letter and letter writing habits.

The ending was entirely predictable. The only reason that I didn't give one star is that I thought that this book did raise an interesting point- Does society allow people to be single? Even in 2000's, there is so much pressure to couple off. For those who are single, they are constantly being "set up" with a potential life partner by other people. Can't people choose singleness?

Overall, easy pass for me. Would definitely not be reading this again unless I am having great difficulty sleeping.

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(Book 936 from 1001 Books) - Emma, Jane Austen

Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance.

The story takes place in the fictional village of High-bury and the surrounding estates of Hart-field, Randalls, and Donwell Abbey and involves the relationships among individuals in those locations consisting of "3 or 4 families in a country village".

The novel was first published in December 1815 while the author was alive, with its title page listing a publication date of 1816.

As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian–Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters and depicts issues of marriage, gender, age, and social status.

عنوان: «اما»؛ نویسنده: جین اوستین؛ انتشاراتیها: (اردیبهشت، نی، نیک فرجام، پارمیس، آویدا، نظری، آهنگ فردا، آتیسا، آریاسان) ادبیات؛ تاریخ خوانش: دهم ماه آوریل سال 2010میلادی

مترجمها خانمها و آقایان: «روشن آقاخانی، نشر اردیبهشت، 1362، در 208ص»؛ «رضا رضایی، نشر نی، چاپ سوم 1388؛ در 560ص چاپ نهم 1392»؛ «آرزو خلجی مقیم، نیک فرجام، 1395، در 469ص»؛ «الهه مرادپور، پارمیس، چاپ اول 1392؛ چاپ دوم 1395، در 568ص»؛ «شقایق حسین زاده؛ ساری، آویدا، 1391، در 60ص»؛ «شعله بنی آدم، نشر نظری، 1390، در 104ص»؛ «میروحید ذن‍وبی‌؛ آهنگ فردا، 1396، در 459ص»؛ «آرمانوش باباخانیانس، تهران، آتیسا، 1396، در 496ص»؛ «امیر رمزی، آریاسان، 1396، در 459ص»؛

اما وودهاس، دختری خوش‌قلب، ولی خیالباف است، که خیال می‌کند، همه‌ ی آدمها را می‌شناسد، و می‌تواند سرنوشت آن‌ها را رقم بزند؛ به تدریج پرده‌ ی پندار کنار می‌رود، و «اما» در جریان رخدادها، از خودفریبی، به خودشناسی می‌رسد؛ «جین آستین» در این رمان اوج هنر طنز خویش را با واژه های خویش به نمایش خوانشگرانش بگذاشته اند؛

نقل از متن: (اما چه موقعی که سئوال می‌کرد و چه موقعی که گوش می‌داد، می‌لرزید ولی هیجان خود را بهتر از «هریت» مهار می‌کرد؛ صدایش نمی‌لرزید، ولی ذهنش از این‌جور شکل گرفتن احساسات، از این خطری که ناگهان علم شده بود، از این سر در گمی ناگهانی، و حیرت و سراسیمگی، به تلاطم افتاده بود...؛ به حرف‌های «هریت» که گوش می‌کرد، در باطن رنج می‌کشید، ولی حفظ ظاهر می‌کرد...؛ اما اگر قسمت‌های نامفهوم و تکراری حرف‌های «هریت» را، کنار می‌گذاشت، به اصل مطلب می‌رسید، و غم وجودش را فرا می‌گرفت؛ به‌ خصوص که یادش می‌افتاد، خودش در تقویت حسن نظر آقای «نایتلی» به «هریت»، نقش کوچکی نداشته است.)؛ پایان

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 28/06/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 23/05/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

All these beautiful rereads I'm forced to do because of university are going to mess with my avg rating of this year, but I DON'T CARE.


Sometimes I think I like Emma even better than I like Pride and Prejudice. It's so fresh, so sparkly, so linguistically nimble, I would deem it impossible if I hadn't read it twice, bought three copies of it, and watched the movie far too many times to count.

n  “I cannot make speeches, Emma:” -he soon resumed; and in a tone of such sincere, decided, intelligible tenderness as was tolerably convincing. -“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”n

Well said, my love. Well said.

And it seems that these rereads of Jane Austen that I'm doing are meant to make me notice things that I hadn't noticed or not really focused on in my first readings, because this time around I hopelessly fell in love with Frank Churchill's and Jane Fairfax's subplot. I adored them. He is such an idiot, but his love for her is unmistakable; and once again, though their "secret" is mostly seen as a semi-scandal of the acceptable type, the way Austen developed it (I'm also referring to the interactions between the two characters) feels so modern, it's impossible not to empathize. I think I wouldn't mind reading a paraquel about them, and if any of you knows of any please let me know.

I read this almost 30 years ago. It's about time for a re-read, I would say. This is one of my favorite books of my early life. I thought this story was simply magic and I adored Emma. She is such a unique and fully realized character.

Some of the details of the plot have gone soft in my head and some of them have been replaced by various movies I have seen, but I remember the joy this book brought me and the silly attempts Emma made at match making. She really was terrible at it in some ways and in others, she was a catalyst for the players to figure it out for themselves.

This is truly a classic and it reads exceptionally well for a modern reader, I think. Emma is one of a kind. I plan on reading all the Jane Austin books, I believe I have 4 or 5 left so I might as well do a re-read of them all. It's time.

I have learned that the great thing about reading a book after 20 years or more is that it's almost like reading them new again, at least some stories.