The day after we attended the theater performance of Pride and Prejudice, Conversations with Jane met to discuss Emma. It would have been awesome if the theater performance would have lined up with our scheduled reading, but I wanted to end the year with Pride and Prejudice and the play wasn't performing that long. Both Sharon and Robin were unable to join us for discussion and Aly was still at Amy's, so it was just me and the girls...scary :)
We enjoyed scones from Panera. I found the orange scones positively scrumptious!!
I think we all enjoyed reading Emma. If I'm not mistaken, it is Calleigh's favorite book and Mr. Knightley is her favorite hero. We had lots of fun discussing Emma's character and her many foibles. Though I thoroughly enjoyed Emma, I found Emma herself to be a little snobbish. This led to the discussion of class distinction in Regency England. Was Emma truly snobbish or was she just behaving by the standards that were set for her class? Our opinions differed slightly :) No surprise there. Tori found it hilarious that Emma was always wrong in her matchmaking, excepting Mr. and Mrs. Weston. Emma thought she was so smart and aware but finds out she is just the opposite. We discussed Harriet and Jane, Frank Churchill and Mr. Elton. Then there was Mrs. Elton. Oh how we disliked Mrs. Elton! Disliked may not be a strong enough word :) The horrific Mrs. Elton may have been more offensive than that nasty Aunt Norris in Mansfield Park. As always, it was a good discussion time. We proceeded on to our activity of the day. A word activity linking Emma and the main characters of the book to each other with all of the different relationships and perceived relationships.
The girls during discussion and working on the activity
The beginning of the word activity
(I need to take a picture of the finished copy)
--Angel
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