3 October 2013 Last updated at 22:21 ET Crime writer Alexander McCall Smith has become the latest contemporary writer invited to reinterpret the work of Jane Austen for a modern audience. The Edinburgh-based author said being asked to write a 21st Century version of Emma was "Like being asked to eat a box of delicious chocolates". McCall Smith's take on Emma will be published next autumn, 199 years after the original's debut. "Writing a contemporary version of Emma is both a privilege and a real challenge," said McCall Smith, best known as the author of The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24383000%23sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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