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Book Review of Emma

Emma
Emma
Author: Jane Austen, Steven Marcus (Introduction)
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Jane Austen has never let me down. Oh wait, yes she did. She died young.

Don't think of this as 'chick lit'; this is a peek into a world of strict etiquette, nonsenical mores, complex social relationships, where money and status are valued above all us, and of course, love.

Best of all, it's readable. The characters are all too human. And with the slightest shift of mental gears, could be taking place, this very minute, under our own noses. Read it.