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Title details for Emma by Alexander McCall Smith - Available

Emma

by Alexander McCall Smith
Georgina Terry
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Fresh from university, Emma Woodhouse arrives home eager to get her fledging design business off the ground. At the helm of her own dinner parties and instructing her new protégée, Harriet Smith, Emma reigns supreme in Highbury. But there is one person capable of crushing Emma's confidence, her inscrutable neighbour George Knightly. But for a young woman who knows everything, Emma has a lot to learn about herself.
Emma is part of 'The Austen Project', where renowned authors adapt Austen's novels for the present day.

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  • Release date

    March 1, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780007596102
      • File size: 295836 KB
      • Duration: 10:16:19

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Fans of Austen seeking any new retelling of her works will be well satisfied with Susan Lyons's performance, which is calm and light, with tongue neatly planted in cheek. However, author McCall Smith seems to have lost his own tongue in attempting to emulate Austen's. The material is not as rich one wishes from a marriage of the two authors. The Scottish (in McCall Smith's casting) governess Miss Taylor is more vivacious and strong-willed than her pupil and far more entertaining. Nonetheless, Lyons does make us care about the Emma in this retelling, even if she's more a hapless 20-something still living with her parents than the headstrong yet lovable girl of Austen's original. K.W. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine

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