Emma: A Modern Retelling

The best-selling author of the No. 1 LadiesÆ Detective Agency series deftly escorts Jane AustenÆs beloved, meddlesome heroine into the twenty-first century in this delightfully inventive retelling. 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 fatherÆs 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 EmmaÆs counsel: George Knightley, her principled brother-in-law; Frank Churchill, the attractive stepson of her former governess; Harriet Smith, a na?ve but enchanting young teacherÆs 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 Carriages have been replaced by Mini Coopers and cups of tea by cappuccinos, but Alexander McCall SmithÆs sparkling satire and cozy sensibility are the perfect match for Jane AustenÆs beloved tale.

• | Author: Alexander McCall Smith
• | Publisher: Anchor
• | Publication Date: Apr 05, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0804172412
• | ISBN-13: 9780804172417