Jane Austen is my wife's favorite author, she literally has shelves full of books that are sequels to Pride and Prejudice. She has a t-shirt with Jane Austen's face on it, an "action" figure of Jane Austen, and her license plate holder says "I'd rather be at Pemberley". So I should only say very nice things in my thoughts on Emma...Much like in The Guermantes Way, much of Emma is about people that don't seem to have real jobs paying visits to each other and gossiping about whoever in their social circle isn't there at the moment. At least in Emma most of the characters are a bit nicer and are well intentioned. The plot centers on Emma Woodhouse, her friend Harriet, and a bunch of neighbors. Most of their time is spent discussing who should end up marrying who. Characters fall in and out of love, have secret engagements, and have minor misunderstandings. And of course, in the end everyone is paired up with that perfect someone and everyone lives happily ever after. Along the way they have dances and picnics and have to listen to old ladies talk on and on.
I gotta say it was a bit boring but sweet. Emma is a likeable character and really so is everyone else. Maybe that was a bit of the problem for me. None of the characters have major disagreements with each other and in the end they all get along and forgive each other once everything gets explained. I'll have to give this one a B+.
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