Edgar and Emma: A Novel After Jane Austen

by Robert Rodi

Overview

As a teenager, Jane Austen wrote "Edgar and Emma"--a withering satire on sentimental novels running four uproarious pages. Now Robert Rodi has taken the brief text of this early story and expanded it into a full-length novel in the mature Austen style. Here you'll find all the hallmarks of Austen's immortal masterworks: a witty heroine, a hesitant hero, a romantic rival, a charismatic cad, several indefatigable talkers, a shattering crisis, shocking secrets revealed, and moments of the highest hilarity. You'll also find some character types new to the extended Austensphere, including a firebrand preacher, a pair of ardent dog lovers, and a sardonic Oxford don. It's a brilliantly witty homage to a beloved novelist's oeuvre, by the acclaimed author of "Bitch In a Bonnet: Reclaiming Jane Austen from the Stiff, the Simps, the Snobs and the Saps."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157208349
Publisher:	Robert Rodi
Publication date:	01/29/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	244
File size:	663 KB

About the Author

Robert Rodi is the author of ten novels, two memoirs, one story collection, and two volumes of literary criticism; he's also an accomplished monologist and musician. He lives in Chicago with his husband Jeffrey Smith and a constantly shifting number of dogs. For additional information visit his website, www.robertrodi.com