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Emma: A Modern Retelling

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Availability:In StockContributor:Alexander McCall SmithPublish date:2016-04-05Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780804172417ISBN-10:804172412UPC:9780804172417Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Romance, Women, LiteraryBook Topic:ContemporarySize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCFXKYQ3Q9
The best-selling author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series deftly escorts Jane Austen's beloved, meddlesome heroine into the twenty-first century in this delightfully inventive retelling.

"[McCall Smith] takes Jane's characters and invites them warmly into our world." --The Washington Post

The summer after university, Emma Woodhouse returns home to live with her widowed father and launch her interior design business. Apart from cultivating grand career plans and managing her father's hypochondria, Emma busies herself with the two things she does best: matchmaking and offering advice on everything from texting etiquette to first date destinations.

Happily, this summer presents abundant opportunities for both, as old and new friends are drawn into the sphere of Emma's counsel: George Knightley, her principled brother-in-law; Frank Churchill, the attractive stepson of her former governess; Harriet Smith, a naïve but enchanting young teacher's assistant at the local language school; and the perfect (and perfectly vexing) Jane Fairfax. Carriages have been replaced by Mini Coopers and cups of tea by cappuccinos, but Alexander McCall Smith's sparkling satire and cozy sensibility are the perfect match for Jane Austen's beloved tale.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780804172417ISBN-10:804172412UPC:9780804172417Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Romance, Women, LiteraryBook Topic:ContemporarySize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCFXKYQ3Q9
ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH is the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, the 44 Scotland Street series, and the Corduroy Mansions series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served with many national and international organizations concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and was a law professor at the University of Botswana. He lives in Scotland.
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group

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