[goodnesswins]

I'm in the middle of Jane Austen's "Emma" and probably going to give it up....sheesh....the sentence structure is driving me batty....like she was just trying to dream up words to make the story longer. (Lucky I wasn't required to read it when I was younger.) I can usually make it through any book. I've been on a Herman Wouk jag for a couple of years, reading bunches of his. Can't think of any others right now....cause I'm supposed to be heading to bed....night night.

[MHT]

Persuasion is a far superior Austen--and shorter. Great movie, too, just in case you can't get through the book.

[bonfire]

Just watch the movie. Extrememly well done. One of my favorites.

[Mamzelle]

Don't give up Austen quite yet. I have found that audio tapes of Austen are very enjoyable--the highfalutin' language becomes a bit ironic when read aloud, and you begin to fall into her pacing and storytelling. They are novels of morals, manners and attitudes. Also, the movies made of her books are suprisingly true to them and are fun and worthwhile. "Sense and Sensibility" in particular. A bad book seldom makes good movie.

[Utah Girl]

Emma is one of Jane Austen's harder books to get through. It was one of her first novels, and her writing was still a bit rough.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Jane Austen is my favorite author (except for maybe Dickens.) Emma is not her best work. Pride and Prejudice is hilarious and one of the greatest works in Western literature.