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A review by humatariq
Emma by Jane Austen
4.0
Just finished reading the last 180 pages of the novel in one day... as if I was reading a thriller!! I wonder why I never got my hands on this book sooner, I have already read four other books by Austen.
SPOILERS Ahead. Consider yourself warned!!
Happy endings for everyone, in the signature Austen style. She has a habit of tying up all her stories with a neat little bow. It's a pity she died a spinster, undoubtedly she'd have made a very good wife.
As for the titular couple, can any two people be more suited for each other as these two who can convey so much just by glancing at each other:
"Emma had no opportunity of speaking to Mr. Knightley till after supper; but, when they were all in the ballroom again, her eyes invited him irresistibly to come to her and be thanked."
"It seemed as if there were an instantaneous impression in her favour, as if his eyes received the truth from her's, and all that had passed of good in her feelings were at once caught and honoured.— He looked at her with a glow of regard."
"He stopped in his earnestness to look the question, and the expression of his eyes overpowered her."
I know the book was called Emma, but I wish there were more conversations between Knightley and Emma. We didn't even get a straight reply to his beautiful proposal...only her thought process as she considered accepting it. More dialogues perhaps!!
SPOILERS Ahead. Consider yourself warned!!
Happy endings for everyone, in the signature Austen style. She has a habit of tying up all her stories with a neat little bow. It's a pity she died a spinster, undoubtedly she'd have made a very good wife.
As for the titular couple, can any two people be more suited for each other as these two who can convey so much just by glancing at each other:
"Emma had no opportunity of speaking to Mr. Knightley till after supper; but, when they were all in the ballroom again, her eyes invited him irresistibly to come to her and be thanked."
"It seemed as if there were an instantaneous impression in her favour, as if his eyes received the truth from her's, and all that had passed of good in her feelings were at once caught and honoured.— He looked at her with a glow of regard."
"He stopped in his earnestness to look the question, and the expression of his eyes overpowered her."
I know the book was called Emma, but I wish there were more conversations between Knightley and Emma. We didn't even get a straight reply to his beautiful proposal...only her thought process as she considered accepting it. More dialogues perhaps!!