Emma
Fresh from university, Emma Woodhouse arrives home early to embark on adult life with a splash. Not only has her sister been whisked away on a motorbike to London, but her astute confidant, Miss Taylor, is at a loose end watching as Mr Woodhouse worries about his girls. Someone is needed to rule...
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Fresh from university, Emma Woodhouse arrives home early to embark on adult life with a splash. Not only has her sister been whisked away on a motorbike to London, but her astute confidant, Miss Taylor, is at a loose end watching as Mr Woodhouse worries about his girls. Someone is needed to rule the roost and young Emma is more than happy to oblige.Often found rearranging
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780007553884
Publisher: The Borough Press
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Romance,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Retellings,
Fiction
I have confession to make; I never read Jane Austen Emma. I know, it sad is not it, especially since I have read her Pride and Prejudice multiple time. When I saw this in the library, I decide to read it and along with original version of Emma.How I feel about this book, it well written but not a ve...
I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. I wanted to like this book, I really, really did...but...it failed. McCall Smith attempts to transport Emma into modern times and the whole thing feels kind of forced. The language for one, is not reflective of modern times, it still reads...
The Austen Project is a group that have commissioned six modern-day authors to tackle one Austen novel each, and set it in a 21st century setting. We’ve already had Sense and Sensibility, written by Joanna Trollope, which really was almost an exact retelling of the original, except people occasiona...
The Austen Project is a group that have commissioned six modern-day authors to tackle one Austen novel each, and set it in a 21st century setting. We’ve already had Sense and Sensibility, written by Joanna Trollope, which really was almost an exact retelling of the original, except people occasiona...
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