Re: Emma vs Emma Archived Message Posted by matze on August 5, 2011, 9:44 am, in reply to "Re: Emma vs Emma" Oh yes, Jules, that has struck me too: the tender caregiving aunt Emma and uncle Knightley bestowe on their little nephews and nieces - to show open affection to children, a thing rather unusual at that time, I think! "...certainly Mr. John Knightley is an affecionate father. The children are all fond of him." "And then their uncle comes in, and tosses them up to the celling in a very frightful way!" "But they like it, papa; there is nothing they like so much. It is such an enjoyment to them, that if their uncle did not lay down the rule of their taking turns, which ever begun would never give way to the other." The Knightleys * were certainly ahead of the times! And Thomas More comes to my mind, he also was a proponent of equal rights and a tender father, as far as we know. *Addendum: and therefor of course Miss Jane Austen! Message Thread: Emma vs Emma - Joan aka HazelP August 2, 2011, 8:07 am *chokes* - HM August 2, 2011, 9:14 am Love scene - Joan aka HazelP August 2, 2011, 9:19 am I saw it and it is nothing compared to JN - Alina Gordelli August 2, 2011, 10:03 am I like Romola very much ... - HM August 2, 2011, 10:27 am Re: I like Romola very much ... - jules August 2, 2011, 3:08 pm Emma vs Emma - LauraP August 3, 2011, 1:31 pm Re: Emma vs Emma - jules August 4, 2011, 10:12 am Re: Emma vs Emma - matze August 5, 2011, 9:44 am Re: Emma vs Emma - LauraP August 5, 2011, 12:59 pm Re: Emma vs Emma - jules August 5, 2011, 2:19 pm Re: I saw it and it is nothing compared to JN - Joan aka HazelP August 2, 2011, 10:17 am Hi Alina.... - Mary August 2, 2011, 10:11 am   Searching