Emma by Jane Austen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I sometimes get a feeling Emma is a book about me! I have probably spent a lifetime trying to "refine" people and I sometimes still find myself bossing over friends, children of close family relations and even neighbours, trying to expose them to better things in life, like good books, good movies, a better fashion sense and good music. Perhaps I need a George Knightley to come and teach me to mind my own business and to "live and let live."

"We do it to make the world a better place!," people like Emma and I argue and we both know it's not quite the right approach. People have different priorities and it's naive to assume that what's good enough for you is good enough for them.

That's what Emma is all about! About naivety and mothering to perfection, about being the benefactor! More than anything else, it's a book that has characters I am sure you have seen around you. One of the most realistic and amazingly funny stories ever, Emma is something every girl, at least, should read!



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