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Oxford World’s Classics: Emma - Our Diptych Review « Austenprose — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:26:45 +0000

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By: Fatima

Fatima — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:20:17 +0000

Thank you. I do look forward to the coming Emma blogging.

By: Laurel Ann

Laurel Ann — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:27:22 +0000

Hello Mansfield Park Madness participants day 13

Felicia & Marsha – Just to clarify, Prof. Moody and I will be reviewing the Oxford edition of Emma next month. I hope to do another in-depth event of another of Jane Austen’s novels maybe next year again. Thanks for your encouragement.

Dae – just to confim, as a professional book seller I can share that Jane Austen is read and appreciated by many. I just hope that a few more readers were gathered to MP by my efforts here.

Susan – Molly the Oxford scholar kitty in the box sends her thanks. Since climbing in the box allowed her magically to absorb all of the novels & supplemental material, she is my advisor on Jane Austen now!

Cheers, Laurel Ann

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:31:05 +0000

This is off topic, but the kitty in the Oxford box is adorable.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:10:55 +0000

I read the quote wrong as well and was excited for a minute there. It’s been really interesting getting so many views on MP and I’ve enjoyed coming to this site to read all the comments.

By: Felicia

Felicia — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:52:28 +0000

Laurel Ann wrote:
[i]Please join us for the next review of Emma in September[/i]

Pardon me, I think I read the quote wrong yesterday. It was a book review for Emma not another novel “Madness.” This is such a wonderful idea, reviewing/discussing the novel. I guess I just want more! Sorry the the miss-interpretation. :)

By: Dae

Dae — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:24:38 +0000

It has always surprised me so much that so many people rate Mansfield Park as their least favorite Jane Austen novel, and that everyone dislikes Fanny so much. I think it was Lionel Trilling who said that no one has ever managed to like the heroine of Mansfield Park.

More to the topic at hand, I agree with Laurel that the organization of the Oxford World Classic’s introduction is an excellent idea, though I have always used the Norton Critical Edition myself, mainly because of all the supplementary material (the full text of Lovers’ Vows! Gah!).

What makes me so happy is that the Oxford edition is being reissued. Surely there is still hope for a world in which Jane Austen’s novels are still read and loved!