Comments on: Let’s read Jane Austen’s Emma and talk about it. (Updated) http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2017/07/16/lets-read-jane-austens-emma-and-talk-about-it/ Personal blog of Jessica Zafra, author of The Collected Stories and the Twisted series Mon, 24 Jul 2017 11:36:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 By: oriames http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2017/07/16/lets-read-jane-austens-emma-and-talk-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-703817 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 09:39:10 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=34314#comment-703817 We’re seeing the goodness out of this death. My mother mentioned it’s easy to make a eulogy for people who are good. That’s what he was, a gentle kind-hearted giant.

I hope you enjoy reading the other books :D Mansfield Park is like a telenovela.

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By: jessicazafra http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2017/07/16/lets-read-jane-austens-emma-and-talk-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-703813 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 06:52:34 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=34314#comment-703813 In reply to oriames.

oriames: Terrible to lose a friend, I hope you are feeling alright.

For the modern spinoffs, check out Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James, in which the happiness of Elizabeth and Darcy is rudely interrupted by the appearance of Lydia, Wickham, and a corpse.

I enjoyed Emma very much, though it took me a while to get used to its slowness. As long as I’ve gotten started, I might as well proceed to the other Austens I have not read: Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park.

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By: oriames http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2017/07/16/lets-read-jane-austens-emma-and-talk-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-703812 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 04:58:39 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=34314#comment-703812 so i wasn’t able to read Emma but was wading in Jane Austenland all throughout the weekend. a friend died on friday and the most comforting thing I could do after buying some art brushes that i haven’t really used was to watch pride and prejudice (the keira knightley version, let’s pretend she’s a descendant of mr knightley :D ) and then went on to read mistress of longbourn (where in a parallel universe, elizabeth inherits longbourn and through this is almost as equal as the men who court her.) i hope you enjoy / -ed reading Emma.

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By: aimeerae http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2017/07/16/lets-read-jane-austens-emma-and-talk-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-703794 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 16:25:52 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=34314#comment-703794 I like Romola’s Emma the best too, kasi kahit na I found her Emma too emotional at times, I was able to relate and empathize with that version more than I did with the others. Pero mas gusto ko yung Emma ni Gwyneth kesa Emma ni Kate. Emma is described as witty and charming but Kate’s Emma is more acerbic than witty. I actually think Gwyneth is Emma: rich, entitled, beautiful and completely unrelatable; loved by some but completely detested by others.

Also, Jeremy Northam is the best George Knightley.

When I first read Emma, I couldn’t figure out why everyone seemed to be so charmed by her. She just wasn’t a very interesting character to me. Mas interesado pa ako kay Jane Fairfax, and even kay horrible Mrs. Elton. But I also found it sweet that she fell in love with her best friend. I wondered pa why everyone I knew who’s read Pride and Prejudice and Emma swooned over Mr. Darcy and not Mr. Knightley, who I thought was the better and dreamier gentleman. And then nag sink in sa kin yung fact na he was 16/17 when Emma was born, and since their families are neighbors and close friends, he literally saw her grow up. And that was just too skeevy for me.

(For the record, I think Capt. Frederick Wentworth is the best Austen hero. And yes, Austenland is funny. Lalo na si Jennifer Coolidge!)

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By: oriames http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2017/07/16/lets-read-jane-austens-emma-and-talk-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-703791 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 07:32:58 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=34314#comment-703791 Siguro dahil sa accent nya (hindi naman sya British diba) and kilala ko na sya, medyo unconvincing. Ewan McGregor is also there with bad hair. But the others I believe were perfectly cast: Mr Knightley, Mrs Elton, Harriet. Eventually na i ignore ko si Gywneth.

Siguro the character of Emma is meant to be irritating but you cannot help but love her because she’s pretty and rich and tries her best to be nice. Is she the millenial of the Regency Era?

Mas nag symphatize ako sa BBC-Emma ni Romola Garai (I had to look up her name haha). The way they did that adaptation seemed seamless. I can sit for a few hours just watching it and feel like I’m together with them in the story. I also loved the way they ended it.

For me, any Jane Austen adaptation is worth watching. I became a late-bloomer fan after I read the first line in Pride and Prejudice.

If you haven’t watched it yet, try to watch Austenland. Makes fun of everything Jane Austen. It’s really funny :D Andun si Lindir of LOTR and the Hobbit :D

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By: jessicazafra http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2017/07/16/lets-read-jane-austens-emma-and-talk-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-703790 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 06:05:59 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=34314#comment-703790 In reply to oriames.

oriames: Hindi ba bagay si Gwyneth dahil nakakairita siya?

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By: oriames http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2017/07/16/lets-read-jane-austens-emma-and-talk-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-703789 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 05:03:48 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=34314#comment-703789 Haha ok.. i’m missing out on 7 :D

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By: jessicazafra http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2017/07/16/lets-read-jane-austens-emma-and-talk-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-703781 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 02:32:09 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=34314#comment-703781 In reply to oriames.

oriames: No, there are at least ten Emma adaptations.

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By: oriames http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2017/07/16/lets-read-jane-austens-emma-and-talk-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-703773 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 13:26:01 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=34314#comment-703773 I have memories of reading Emma.

I had been “encouraging” my sisters to read Jane Austen. I guess they got tired of my badgering that one actually told me the ending of Emma which was what I was reading at that time.

There are two more Emma adaptations. The one with Gwyneth Paltrow I appreciated less after I watched the other one.

I’ll read Emma again, when there’s downtime in the office.

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