[HPforGrownups] RE:[SHIP] Twist in Emma by Austen

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 168964

**** WARNING: CRUCIAL SPOILER FOR JANE AUSTEN'S _EMMA_ ****
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Friday, May 18, 2007, 1:08:25 AM, Debi wrote:

D> I believe this is the shipping twist that Ms. Rowling was referring to.

D> But I could always be wrong.

Dave:

We probably all have different judgements on this point, but for me,
*the* shipping twist is when Emma assumes that Harriet is in love with
Frank, who performed the "great service" of saving her from the
gypsies -- until Harriet announces that she is (or *thinks* she is) in
love with Mr. Knightley(!), who danced with her after Elton had cruelly
snubbed her.  This is the crucial twist, I think, because it puts
Emma (so she thinks) in danger of losing her beloved Mr. Knightley to
Harriet, and that it could have been avoided if she had just kept her
big mouth shut and let Harriet marry Mr. Martin in the first place.

( And we won't talk about what such a match would have meant for
  the future of poor "Little Henry"... :) )


Dave (who sees Jo as "The Jane Austen of Fantasy Writers")