Emma

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It's comfort reading at its most soothing Independent

Funny, heartfelt and very readable Good Housekeeping
In this reimagined modern classic, prepare to meet a young woman who thinks she knows everything

Fresh from university, Emma Woodhouse triumphantly arrives home in Norfolk ready to embark on adult life with a splash. Not only has her sister, Isabella, been whisked away on a motorcycle up to London, but her astute governess, Miss Taylor is at a loose end, abandoned in the giant family pile, Hartfield, alongside Emmas anxiety-ridden father. Someone is needed to rule the roost and young Emma is more than happy to oblige.

And there is plenty to delight her in the buzzing little village of Highbury. At the helm of her own dinner parties and instructing her new little protge, Harriet Smith, Emma reigns forth. But there is only one person who can play with Emmas indestructible confidence, her old friend and inscrutable neighbour George Knightley this time has Emma finally met her match

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Praise for Emma:

Entertaining . . . McCall Smith brings such intelligence and wit The Daily Mail

Funny, heartfelt and very readable Good Housekeeping

Funny and clever Fabulous Magazine

Delightful Closer

Praise for Alexander McCall Smith:

Witty, elegant, gentle, compassionate
Guardian

The kind of simplicity one finds in the best children's stories and a fluency which reflects his practice of writing 4,000 words a day in a stint of four hours A talent for traditional story telling Guardian

Author Bio

Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the award-winning series The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, and he now devotes his time to the writing of fiction, including the 44 Scotland Street and the Isabel Dalhousie series. He is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects, and his work has been translated into forty-six languages. Before becoming a full-time writer he was for many years Professor of Medical Law at Edinburgh.