Emma did not disappoint. Not remotely. I am, in fact, wondering if she isn't suddenly my favorite of Austen's heroines. How, oh Romola, did you do it?
Kathryn, do NOT be jealous of me going to the opera. It was weird. They were wearing these bulky animal costumes and clonking boots which might have been okay except that their footsteps drowned out the sound of the orchestra (Oh look! A band!). The plot was supposed to be about the circle of life or something deep, but it really seemed to be more about animals getting it on. It was an opera, though, so plot really shouldn't matter as long as the music is good. It wasn't. I mean, it wasn't BAD - but most of the singing was monotonous, the orchestration was unremarkable, and I hope to heaven no one from the production reads this. It would be so disheartening! They were all skillful - I just wasn't interested in the piece itself. But then, I have only ever seen very classical sorts of pieces. The Marriage of Figaro. Samson and Delilah. And I was listening to Puccini before leaving the house! What do you do? But then again, I was distracted by my seating companion. Five so
See? Emma is the best! Ok, so I haven't actually made it through any other Austen, but thank you for saving me the trouble now.
ReplyDeleteConfession: Emma is the only Austen novel I HAVEN'T read. It's kind of on purpose, though. I just can't bring myself to finish her canon! I like that there's always one more book to read. That may end soon....
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