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Andrea313
Emma | Jane Austen
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I've been speeding through this one and was coming to the close when a chance day hike came my way. What a pleasure to end as I started, surrounded by the gorgeous outdoors! I've read Emma many times and in many humors, and this time I really tried to notice the character's finer qualities. Obviously her change of heart is deeply felt and her care for her father drives nearly everything she does- but I will still never truly love this book. 👇👇👇

Andrea313 And that's OK! Maybe someday it will sweep me away; until then, I'll let Jane stay challenging me. #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow 9m
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AnneCecilie
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#BookReport

I finished Tombland, I‘ve even read the historical note in the back #ShardlakeBR

I read I‘m So Glad We Had This Time Together

I continued my yearlong reads on the right

I continued Emma #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow and Brideshead Revisited #HashtagBrigade

I continued A Thousand Feasts

I‘ve started a new audio, All the Sinners Bleed

I‘m also reading Oh William!

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JenlovesJT47
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jane austen: setting
unrealistic expectations
for men since 1811.

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #janeausten #pemberlittens

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Andrea313
Emma | Jane Austen
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Emma being asked to comment on Mrs. E and only responding that she is "very elegantly dressed" is the original Shady Aretha moment and it absolutely sent me. ? Anyway, we're starting to see Emma's growth now. Mrs. W and Knightley hint that she hasn't been behaving well toward Jane and Emma internally agrees. She also recognizes that though she dislikes the Eltons, its her role as a leader in society to throw them a dinner- and she does! Progress!

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Crinoline_Laphroaig
Emma - Marjolein Bastin Classics Series | Jane - Bastin Austen, Marjolein
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How goes your September? Have you finished reading this month's 'Then' - Emma? I've just started. But I did add the very autumnal Signature Gilded Edition to my collection. (I'm up to 9 Emmas.) As well as the very summery Mansfield Park. Peacock Pride and Prejudice is my favorite. Now if only Northanger Abbey would be released. 🦚📖 📚

#janeaustenthenandnow
#everythingemma
#pemberlittens

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Andrea313
Emma | Jane Austen
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I'm reading ahead, but I can't stop! Mrs. E brings a new energy to the book when she appears and I love how much Emma detests her. And even though I know she's set up to be vulgar and unlikeable, I always feel a strange empathy for her at first in being transplanted to a new place. And is her condescending "adoption" of Jane Fairfax in the coming chapters so different from Emma's relationship with Harriet? Where are you on Augusta, #PemberLittens?

willaful Mr. Knightly has something to say about that, iirc... 6d
Crinoline_Laphroaig This is my newest favorite meme! 🤣 5d
Andrea313 @Crinoline_Laphroaig 😂 PodAndPrejudice, killing the game! 5d
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Andrea313
Emma | Jane Austen
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Frank actually shows up in Highbury! Emma is charmed by his easy gregariousness but Knightley sizes him up as an affected, preening fop. Meanwhile, the Coles are throwing a party and Emma is dying to reject their invitation - but then it doesn't come?! How absolute dare! When it belatedly shows up, she actually agrees to grace them with her presence and even condescends to sing and play for them. And then Jane performs after her and *crushes it*.

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AnneCecilie
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#BookReport

I continued my yearlong reads on the right

I continued Tombland #ShardlakeBR, Emma #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow & started Brideshead Revisited #HashtagBrigade

I continued A Thousand Feasts

I finished The Healing Season of Pottery

I started Krakk, but I didn‘t get that much reading in & it was due back at the library yesterday, so I put it on hold.I‘m on the wait list again

I read Ambjørnsen‘s latest short story collection

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Andrea313
Emma | Jane Austen
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What news! Elton is engaged to one Miss Hawkins of Bristol. He swans around in triumph over his hot, rich wife-to-be, but Emma clocks the truth ‐ she's pretty enough but she has no real class or connections, and worst of all, her family money was made in some totally dubious way. The narrator throws some shade here and I'm curious about your thoughts, #PemberLittens - does the new Mrs. E have slave-trade connections? (Article link in comments!)

LitStephanie I am not in this discussion, but thank you for posting that article! I had never picked up on the slavery reference there. 1w
Andrea313 @LitStephanie You're welcome! I only recently became aware of this, too, and I think it's fascinating. 1w
nanuska_153 Very interesting 1w
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