Emma [excerpts]
by Alexander McCall Smith
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Thank you to Mr McCall Smith for releasing the first few chapters of his upcoming 'update' of Emma by Jane Austen. Forewarned is forearmed, as they say. Mr Woodhouse is reduced to a pernickety hypochondriac, poor Miss Taylor is Mary Poppins, Isabella is an airhead, and worst of all, John Knightley is a smarmy society photographer - and those are only the first few characters 'introduced' in this formulaic translation of one of my favourite novels. I don't much care for McCall Smith's 'comic' style, either. I'm sure he's a fabulous author when writing his own material, but I wouldn't have picked him to re-write Emma.
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Alexander McCall Smith was born on August 24, 1948 in Zimbabwe. He was a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh, but he left in 2005 to focus on his writing. He has written over 60 books, including specialist academic titles including Forensic Aspects of Sleep and The Criminal Law of Botswana, short story collections including show more Portuguese Irregular Verbs, and children's books including The Perfect Hamburger. He is best known for the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He also writes the Corduroy Mansions, Isabel Dalhousie and 44 Scotland Street series. He has received numerous awards, including The Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library Award and the 2004 United Kingdom's Author of the Year Award. His book, The Full Cupboard of Life, received the Saga Award for Wit in the United Kingdom. In 2007, he received a CBE for his services in literature. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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