Alicia’s Reviews > Emma > Status Update

Slowly moving through this book. Looks like Jane Fairfax is coming to town, is Emma ready to throw some serious shade?

(Cont)..."right" subjective or objective? This is when Austen shines for me. When I get past her long-winded flowery shit, real philosophical ideas come into play, and I start to see why she is so praised.

Ultimately, I ended up enjoying this conversation between Emma and Mr. Knightley concerning Frank Churchill and his father. It discussed a question that mulls around in my mind often: at what standards should we hold others? Is there a universal standard in which people should be held, or does the person's upbringing and situation be accounted for? In simpler terms, is the concept of doing what's

Mr. Knightly seems like the only voice of reason in this book. Is Emma the voice of Austen's generation, or is Emma just a naive idiot? Clearly not a fan of her right now.

It took way too many pages to discuss whether or not they were leaving the Randall's in the snow.

It's picking up a bit more, there's seems to be budding love triangle in the works.

Feels a bit long winded at the moment, hopefully it picks up.