Emma of 83rd Street: A contemporary retelling of Jane Austen's Emma

Written by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding

Narrated by Brittany Pressley and Teddy Hamilton

In this acclaimed novel, Jane Austen’s Emma meets the misadventures of Manhattan’s modern dating scene as two lifelong neighbours discover that, in the search for love, sometimes you don’t have to look any further than your own backyard.
 
Charming and clever Emma Woodhouse is used to getting her way. She’s content living in her tight-knit Upper East Side neighbourhood, maintaining perfect grades at university and keeping an eye on her lonely father. And when her budding matchmaking hobby results in her sister’s marriage, she knows she’s on to something. If only George Knightley, her annoying neighbour and childhood friend, would get out of her way.
 
George is only too happy to point out Emma's flaws. Is she spoilt? Maybe a little. Does she insert herself into other people’s business? Only sometimes. Emma has the best of intentions, though – she just wants everyone around her to be happy, even as she focuses on completing her graduate degree and finding her own place in the world. But will anyone ever take her seriously?
 
As Emma’s schemes collide with nearly everyone around them, Emma and George come toe to toe. But they slowly begin to realise that there might be more to the person they’ve known their entire life ... and that, sometimes, the best matches come from the most unexpected places.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
• Release date: May 31, 2023
• ISBN: 9781761420610

Audrey Bellezza

Audrey Bellezza is a two-time Emmy Award–nominated TV producer who has spent over twenty years writing, developing, and executive producing nonfiction television shows for a number of networks and streaming platforms. Audrey lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.

Reviews for Emma of 83rd Street

[shirfire218_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Emma of 83rd Street is a wonderful, heartwarming romance! I was sucked in from the first page and could not get enough. The characters become our best friends and our next door neighbors, and we end up feeling we have known them all our lives.This was, in fact, the first romantic novel that I have fallen head over heels for in years. I tend to avoid them, because they almost never live up to expectations and I have a very high bar for a romantic novel to meet, due to my love of Jane Eyre and the Brontes. This one does the trick, however.