Emma Unabridged Compact Disc
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (687 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0141804467 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 502 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Alison Larkin Narrates the Jane Austen Classic Pride and Prejudice Beautifully - I Really Love Her Regency Songs at the End! Title: Pride and Prejudice with Songs from Regency EnglandAuthor: Jane AustenRead by: Alison LarkinPublisher: British Classic AudioLength: Approximately 13 hours and 29 minutesSource: Review Copy from author Alison Larkin - Thank-you!A perfect book for the Valentine’s Day holiday this month, Pride and Prejudice is one of the most romantic novels that have ever been written. What a delight it has been t. Progress? What Progress? It is universally acknowledged to be an endeavor fraught with peril to re-tell a famous author's successful classic novel. Nonetheless, Alexander McCall Smith has essayed to re-tell in modern terms Jane Austen's Emma. he succeedfor the most part. McCall Smith varies little from the structure of the original, though he does tinker with a few elements and compresses the action in the heart of the book. He with. To top up with excellence It's a thing. I re read an Austen every year. To me Austen is the writer who took earlier forays into the writing of novels, from Don Quixote to her, and put in the floor – the basis of all good novels since. Her writing is an exemplar of how English is best written. Sentence length, use of punctuation, rhythm and tone make for reading out loud. Perhaps, in her day, that is how many people absorbed her
But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protégée Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships, Emma is often seen as Jane Austen's most flawless work.
Telling the story of a heroine Austen feared readers would actively dislike, Emma has turned out to be a character whose creation was necessary to the development of the spoiled rich kid genre of literature, TV and movies. Perhaps the out-and-out funniest of Jane Austen's books. It doesn't work. . Fortunately, before completely screwing up everyone else's life, she gets her head screwed on straight and for the first time sees what it's all about. Since Emma knows what's best for everybody, she sets about trying to straighten the world out