Emma: A Modern Retelling — Alexander McCall Smith. Emma: A Modern Retelling. —. Alexander McCall Smith. 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. The summer after university, Emma Woodhouse returns home to the village of Highbury to prepare for the . Alexander McCall Smith. The bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series deftly escorts Jane Austen’s beloved and meddlesome heroine, Emma, into the twenty-first century in this delightfully inventive retelling. Nonetheless, Alexander McCall Smith has essayed to re-tell in modern terms Jane Austen's Emma. he succeed for the most part. McCall Smith varies little from the structure of the original, though he does tinker with a few elements and compresses the action in the heart of the book/5().
McCall Smith was offered this opportunity of a modern retelling of Austen's classic; he did manage to set Highbury in modern-day England, but that is ALL he was able to accomplish. McCall Smith's Emma is a vicious snob, someone who manages to insert references to her monied lifestyle and her complete independence from the confines of others. From the desk of Katie Patchell: Two years ago The Austen Project launched their first reimagined Jane Austen novel in the series, Sense and Sensibility (by Joanna Trollope), that has so far included Northanger Abbey (by Val McDermid), and the most recent, published in April of this year—Emma: A Modern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith.. Alexander McCall Smith's gentle satire and cozy, old-fashioned sensibility prove to be the perfect match for Jane Austen's wit and characters. Though carriages have been replaced by Mini Coopers and cups of tea with cappuccinos, Emma's story is wonderfully timeless.
A MODERN RETELLING. by Alexander McCall Smith ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 7, In the latest installment of the Austen Project, McCall Smith (The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Cafe, , etc.) catapults snobbish matchmaker Emma Woodhouse into the 21st century. His latter-day Emma possesses all the youth and beauty and a good deal of the wit of Jane Austen’s heroine. Emma: A Modern Retelling — Alexander McCall Smith. Emma: A Modern Retelling. —. Alexander McCall Smith. 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. The summer after university, Emma Woodhouse returns home to the village of Highbury to prepare for the launch of her interior design business. Alexander McCall Smith. The bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series deftly escorts Jane Austen’s beloved and meddlesome heroine, Emma, into the twenty-first century in this delightfully inventive retelling.
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