I finally finished it. I have had this book on my self for years, and I have always wanted to read it because Emma and Mr. Knightley are my favorite literary couple. I have started reading it multiple times, but got stuck half way through it, put it down and then don't pick it up for a year and start all over again. [I have a habit of doing this]
I really enjoyed the book. I don't know why, but ever since I was a little girl, I have wanted to find my Mr. Knightley. Someone that was always there, and someone that I always had feelings for, but those feelings you don't quite understand until something happens. I don't know how to describe it. But I love the relationship between Emma and Mr. Knightley, because it isn't one of "love at first sight" but it isn't one like Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. Emma and Mr. Knightley are simply friends who have always cared for one another, and that feeling grows and matures into love. It seems to me that that kind of love is strongest. Neither Mr. Knightley or Emma are perfect, and in the novel those faults and mistakes are amplified, but still even after their arguments and shortcomings, because that love came from genuine friendship, it can survive. Now I am not bashing the Mr. Darcy/Elizabeth way of doing things, because to tell you the truth my other favorite literary couple is Benedick and Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing which follows the same pattern.
There are parts of me that yearn for Emma's time. I think I would have enjoyed a society where woman are encouraged to study drawing, music, language, writing, and were able to go to parties and balls. On the other hand, I quite enjoy the freedom of choice that I now have that would not have existed back then. It's a mixed bag to say the least.
Final Score: 4 out of 5 stars
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