Emma (Manga Classics)
Jane Austen, adapted by Crystal S. Chan, art by Po Tse
ISBN: 9781927925355
Saccharine and overdramatic in a way that Emma herself would have loved.
Read July 2015
This book is a PERFECT fit for a manga. Emma is a total dream ingenue, her meddling matchmaking is a delightful device in a visual format, and the characters are so perfect in their charming English politeness and absolutely beautiful clothes. All of the focus of the plotting; beauty, charm, polite society, the issue of social class and of appearances, the virtue of character, all of that are enhanced by the trimming of the story into a laser-focus on Emma, Harriet, and Jane, and their fortunes and misfortunes in love.
If you've read Emma before and enjoyed it, you should also enjoy this delightful dessert of a rendition. If you have NOT read Emma, this might be a fun way to introduce yourself to the characters and plotlines before diving into the real thing.
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