tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205632242399271177.post5076860388036491514..comments2024-03-27T08:36:21.905+00:00Comments on silencing the bell: Emmamartinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14260048849955077472noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205632242399271177.post-39188929386934573192016-02-07T09:09:49.693+00:002016-02-07T09:09:49.693+00:00The wonderful thing about Jane Austen novels is th...The wonderful thing about Jane Austen novels is that nothing much happens and yet, and yet... Emma is perhaps the best example of this of all her work.<br />I always think that Jean Rhys (perhaps my favourite ever writer) was a Twentieth Century, much grittier, equivalent - same concerns, very different setting.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205632242399271177.post-9384265054206310722016-02-03T11:55:28.651+00:002016-02-03T11:55:28.651+00:00Forget all that, lets all talk about Mr Darcy........Forget all that, lets all talk about Mr Darcy......swoon....Jules https://www.blogger.com/profile/02447271977251616727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205632242399271177.post-79727030451803942372016-02-01T21:18:13.405+00:002016-02-01T21:18:13.405+00:00Hi Charlotte, I think that, like Elizabeth Bennett...Hi Charlotte, I think that, like Elizabeth Bennett, you do see her learn from her experiences and grow as a character, do I did find myself growing fond of her.martinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260048849955077472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1205632242399271177.post-8823624376512981312016-02-01T21:12:55.516+00:002016-02-01T21:12:55.516+00:00I am fond of Austen, but I always itch to give Emm...I am fond of Austen, but I always itch to give Emma a slap, she is such an idiot. Though she is not quite as annoying as Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey.Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06204546941269120909noreply@blogger.com