Emma by Jane Austen
The Book Pile
Kellen Erskine and David Vance
4.8 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. Want to read a Jane Austen book where if you put the protagonist in any other |
| 0:04.3 | Jane Austen book, she would be the villain? Today's book is Emma by John Grisham. |
| 0:09.7 | I'm Kellanersk, and I'm a comic, and along with the old man in the sea, this is my favorite book, |
| 0:15.3 | because both novels have to do with there being a lot of fish in the sea. |
| 0:22.5 | And with the protagonist, nevertheless, making grave errors. |
| 0:26.9 | And I'm David Vance, currently writing a two-year obsession with period pieces, after which I play basketball to overcompensate. |
| 0:41.4 | In Emma, Jane Austen captures that universal human experience. |
| 0:44.1 | Someone sets you up on a date and does a terrible job. |
| 0:46.4 | And this is the book pile. |
| 0:50.4 | All right, quick reminder to please rate and review the book pile. |
| 0:55.3 | If you do in the spirit of Emma, we will try to matchmake you with someone far above your station causing you incredible pain. That offers valid through June 21st. We got a review from |
| 1:01.7 | Mommy Clogger, which I'm assuming has to do with dancing and not a plumbing issue. She says, |
| 1:08.4 | not only am I passively getting smarter, I'm being actively entertained. Dave and |
| 1:13.7 | Kellan are witty. I don't know why she mentions your name first. And they also are willing to read |
| 1:20.2 | books that I'm not, which I appreciate. Given that it takes me about eight months to force myself to |
| 1:24.3 | finish nonfiction, these guys have given me years of my life back. |
| 1:29.3 | You'd think it would be quicker with the amount of time she spends on the toilet. |
| 1:33.9 | All right, and a little preview. |
| 1:35.5 | Our next two books are The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People and 1984, |
| 1:39.8 | as we shift focus to our favorite topic, numbers. |
| 1:44.7 | The 1,984 habits of highly effective. |
| 1:49.9 | All right, without further ado, here are our five favorite lessons from Emma. |
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