Join JASNA-NJ 1/20 @2pm EST for a Discussion of Jane Austen’s Emma

“What two letters of the alphabet are there, that express perfection?…I will tell you.—M. and A.—Em-ma.—Do you understand?” -Mr. Weston, Emma

Agree or disagree, join JASNA-NJ on January 20th at 2pm for a discussion of Jane Austen’s Emma over Zoom. Click anywhere in this sentence to register.

Austen declared Emma Woodhouse to be “a heroine whom no one but myself will much like,” and while the meddling heroine remains controversial, many critics consider it her masterpiece, though Austen worried, “I am very strongly haunted by the idea that to those Readers who have preferred P&P. it will appear inferior in Wit, & to those who have preferred MP. very inferior in good Sense.”