Emma of 83rd Street

De: Audrey Bellezza, Emily Harding

Narrado por: Brittany Pressley, Teddy Hamilton

In this witty and romantic debut novel, Jane Austen’s Emma meets the misadventures of Manhattan’s modern dating scene as two lifelong friends discover that, in the search for love, you sometimes don’t have to look any further than your own backyard.

Beautiful, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse has lived twenty-three years in her tight-knit Upper East Side neighborhood with very little to distress or vex her…that is, until her budding matchmaking hobby results in her sister’s marriage—and subsequent move downtown. Now, with her sister gone and all her friends traveling abroad, Emma must start her final year of grad school grappling with an entirely new emotion: boredom. So when she meets Nadine, a wide-eyed Ohio transplant with a heart of gold and drugstore blonde highlights to match, Emma not only sees a potential new friend but a new project. If only her overbearing neighbor George Knightley would get out of her way.

Handsome, smart, and successful, the only thing that frustrates Knightley more than a corked whiskey is his childhood friend, Emma. Whether it’s her shopping sprees between classes or her revolving door of ill-conceived hobbies, he is only too happy to lecture her on all the finer points of adulthood she’s so hell-bent on ignoring. But despite his gripes—and much to his own chagrin—Knightley can’t help but notice that the girl next door is a woman now…one who he suddenly can’t get out of his head.

As Emma’s best laid plans collide with everyone from hipster baristas to meddling family members to flaky playboy millionaires, these two friends slowly realize their need to always be right has been usurped by a new need entirely, and it’s not long before they discover that even the most familiar stories still have some surprises.

©2023 Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding. All rights reserved. (P)2023 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

Best narrators!

Not only was this retelling amazing, but the best audiobook narrators read the story! Their voices really made the story that much better.

Fun and endearing page turner!

Enjoyable and engaging, this book introduces well developed, interesting, and kind (but flawed, thank goodness!) characters that I root for throughout. To me, this is a (love) story of self-accountability. We should all strive as much as Emma to be a good person. The art world setting was the cherry on top! I would gladly recommend!!

Great!

Highly recommend! You get to know the characters and really cheer for them.
A few small details left out like how did the dad make his money but otherwise LOVE!

Regurgitated Clueless

Not even my 2 favorite narrators could save this one. Sad, because I love Austen, but this is way more Clueless than Emma. And stop with the brand dropping. Blah!

Sweet happy romance

A sweet, fluffy romance that was a happy, easy listener. I loved the book. Would be a perfect beach read.

Great Update

As someone who has read a lot of Jane Austen retellings, I was pleasantly surprised. This was modern and fun. Usually the retellings are too schmaltzy or follow the story too closely. This followed Emma, but let it breathe and be romantic. I enjoyed the Emma and Nadine relationship and of course the Emma and Knightley dynamic. Would recommend. Looking forward to what these authors do next.

Amazing Read!

Loved Loved Loved this book!
Treat yourself to several hours of reading fun. Jane Austen is smiling at this retelling.

Great read!!

I throughly enjoyed this book and the narrators were fantastic! Definitely would recommend this one!

Great retelling!

Really enjoyed this modern retelling of Emma. Loved the narration by Teddy and Brittany. I can’t wait for more books by this author duo.

Funny, Smart and Sexy

3.5 stars story. 5 stars narration
Equal parts roller coaster fun and gossip. Emma by Jane Austen mixed with Gossip Girl. All the best romcom NYC vibes.