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Sto caricando le informazioni... Emma: A Modern Retelling (originale 2014; edizione 2016)di Alexander McCall Smith (Autore)
Informazioni sull'operaEmma di Alexander McCall Smith (2014)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Liked this book very much, mostly because it reads as an Alexander McCall Smith book with all his gentle philosophies. ( ) A folly is an ornamental structure to no purpose. Also an action that reveals a lack of good sense. Good intentions often lie behind such buildings and acts. Surely Mr McCall Smith must be especially fond of Jane Austen’s Emma else why even bother attempting this retelling. Our loves sometimes betray us. Here the contrast between McCall Smith’s Emma and Austen’s Emma lays bare his limitations as a writer even as it dramatically increases one’s appreciation for Austen’s subtle mastery of style and content. The only risk, if it counts as a risk, is that someone might come to this work without a prior appreciation for its source and might thereby be dissuaded from turning to Austen herself. Do make that turn; you will not be disappointed. McCall Smith’s Emma is transposed to modern day and to Norfolk. There are, however, many touchpoints shared by this retelling and its source. Sometimes there is an anxiousness to cram these points of sameness into a single chapter, which leads to a bit of telling rather than showing. Sometimes what ought to be a touchpoint just marks the difference between the two. Alas. Almost as disappointing are the number of typos, missing words and worse in this edition, despite being in a series released by a major publisher, Knopf. Alas. Not recommended. But don’t let that put you off of McCall Smith’s other writings which are just fine. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"The summer after university, Emma Woodhouse returns home to the village of Highbury, where she will live with her health-conscious father until she is ready to launch her interior-design business and strike out on her own. In the meantime, she will do what she does best: offer guidance to those less wise in the ways of the world than herself. Happily, this summer brings many new faces to Highbury and into the sphere of Emma's not always perfectly felicitous council: Harriet Smith, a naive teacher's assistant at the ESL school run by the hippie-ish Mrs. Goddard; Frank Churchill, the attractive stepson of Emma's former governess; and, of course, the perfect Jane Fairfax. This Emma is wise, witty, and totally enchanting, and will appeal equally to Sandy's multitude of fans and the enormous community of wildly enthusiastic Austen aficionados"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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