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1. Sense and Sensibility
2. The Murder of Mr. Wickham
3. My Brilliant Friend

Emma lives a charmed life with her father at Hartfield in the English countryside near the village of Highbury. She’s intelligent, wealthy, beautiful and wants for nothing. Yet, her meddlesome matchmaking proves to get her into trouble time and again. From unwanted marriage proposals to misinterpreted turns of phrase, Emma depicts the Regency period with a brilliant humor and wit.

I paired my physical copy of Emma with a free audiobook version I had found on YouTube. And I definitely attribute the audiobook to my ability to finish this rather long Jane Austen title within a month. While I enjoyed the drama and wit within these pages, there were periodic lulls in the action that would have been more difficult for me to get through without the voice actor pushing the story forward at a nice clip. As unsurprising as the happily ever after for most characters is, Harriet’s ending seemed far too good to be true. And my thoughts are that Austen wrote it in this way so that Emma could truly enjoy her own HEA without feeling guilty about how much she screwed up her friend’s prospects.

All in all, I am glad I finally read the book that inspired Clueless. And, interestingly, this book made me take another look at my thoughts on the other Jane Austen books I have read. Currently, my rankings are thus:

Sense and Sensibility
Pride and Prejudice
Emma

But perhaps the most recent film adaptation Emma (2020) will make me reconsider my rankings once more!