![]() ![]() Please Note: all opinions are mine and are not endorsed with any company or organization. Recommended to: fans of Jane Austen and readers of romance manga Obviously there is a lot of content missed when adapting a novel to manga, but I think that Manga Classics’ Emma has all the vital elements (except for the size of Jane Fairfax’s piano forte) and I absolutely adored it! It is short and fast paced and perfect for that instant Austen hit. Super Typhoon Mawar is barreling toward Guam on Tuesday, threatening to slam into the US territory as the strongest storm there in more than 60 years. ![]() In addition to her editorial duties, she has also written the adaptations for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, the upcoming THE STORIES OF EDGAR ALLEN POE and DRACULA, along with creating the English. ![]() The pages that gave the backstory of characters were great and they were definitely helped to convey more of the storyline. Stacy King is an editor for Manga Classics, a critically-acclaimed line of modern adaptations of literary classics in a manga format. The characters aren’t described much in Austen’s Emma, but I love how they are depicted in the manga version! Their appearances really match their personalities and I particularly like how handsome Frank Churchill is and the expressiveness of Mrs Elton’s face. Jane Austen is one of my favourite authors and I used to read manga obsessively so this combination to create Manga Classics: Emma is simply perfect! The manga really brings out the comedy in Emma and it is such a beautiful visual presentation. ![]()
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