Welcome to the Page to Screen edition of the Yadkin County Public Library Podcast, where each month, we’ll be discussing a book that has been turned into a movie or TV series, as well as the reception of each.  This month we'll be discussing Emma by Jane Austen. Emma, the main protagonist of this story, is young, rich and independent. She has decided not to get married and instead spends her time organising her acquaintances' love affairs. Her plans for the matrimonial success of her new friend Harriet, however, lead her into complications that ultimately test her own detachment from the world of romance.

Novelist Read A-likes for Emma include: 

1.   Emma by Alexander McCall Smith

2.   Emma by Crystal Silvermoon

3.   Pride & Prejudice by Stacy King

4.   Emma by Nancy Butler

5.   Jane Austen's Pride & prejudice by Laurence Sach

6.   The secret diary of Lydia Bennet by Natasha Farrant

7.   Nicola and the Viscount Meg Cabot

8.   Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Other Jane Austen related fiction books include sequels to Austen's works by the author Joan Aiken ( Mansfield Revisited, Jane Fairfax, Eliza's Daughter, Emma Watson, The Youngest Miss Ward, Lady Catherine's Necklace); books by Shannon Hale (Austenland, Midnight in Austenland) , books by Laurie Viera Rigler (Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict), as well as the Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler. 

Other library staff will be bringing you more topics each week. Be sure to check back each Wednesday at 1 pm for a new episode.  Be sure to contact us if you have questions, and visit our social media and website for more great resources. • Phone: 336-679-8792 • Email: [email protected] • nwrlibrary.org/yadkin • www.facebook.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary • www.pinterest.com/yadkinlibrary • twitter.com/YadkinL • www.instagram.com/yadkincountypubliclibrary