Emma: A Modern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith ***

I love McCall Smith's gentle yet pointed humor in his writing, and I was quite enjoying this novel, but it began to pall on me. Maybe I took too long to read it, so couldn't get into the flow of the novel. It was very cleverly done, and I enjoyed Mr. Woodhouse's phobia about germs and such, but maybe it was too long. Three stars is all I can gve it.