The Watsons
Gelesen von Gesine
Jane Austen
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This fragment of a novel was written by Jane Austen in 1804 and remained untitled and unpublished until her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh printed it in his A Memoir of Jane Austen in 1871. The title is from him.
Mr Watson is a widowed clergyman with two sons and four daughters. The youngest daughter, Emma, has been brought up by a wealthy aunt and is consequently better educated and more refined than her sisters. But when her aunt contracts a foolish second marriage, Emma is obliged to return to her father's house. There she is chagrined by the crude and reckless husband-hunting of two of her twenty-something sisters.
(Summary from Gesine and Wikipedia) (1 hr 48 min)
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I wish there was more
Leia Stardust
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Everything that Jane Austen wrote has her characteristic narrative. Which I love! I wish we had more Jane Austen novels.
liv white
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It was very good, I just wish she would have finished it. I recommend an old fashioned girl by Jane Austen.
More, please!
Hospitable Georgian
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What a teaser left for us unfinished by Jane! It leaves you wanting more, please!
I wish she could have finished it :(
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the end?
Jennifer Goodenough
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The Watsons is an incomplete treasure. most of the reading was fine to listen to. The story in true Jane Austen style was curious and delightful. At the end I grieved that there was no end.
Sania
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It's a very nice story a little short though. I loved Emma's composure as she would not allow herself to be indiscriminately led by irresponsible and flirtatious men.
Classic
schoinsky
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Classic Jane Austen story, unfinished, but the informations regarding the intended ending (according to Cassandra Austen, read after the last chapter) won't leave you hungry.
Flor Castillo
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wonderful as expected of Jane Austen! my heart jump at the end of it in spite of knowing beforehand that it was unfinished!