

Read by J. K. Rowling

“I've read all her books so many times I've lost count. Emma is my favorite.”
— J. K. Rowling
Source: Amazon interview
“I could never write the way Colette did. I've never found anything to match her descriptive passages, ever.”
— J. K. Rowling
Source: Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio 4)
“My favorite childhood book. I adored that book. Perhaps more than any other book, it has a direct influence on the Harry Potter books.”
— J. K. Rowling
Source: The Scotsman interview
“My favorite living writer... I don't think I've ever encountered such a believable, fully rounded female character from any other heterosexual male writer in any age.”
— J. K. Rowling
Source: O, The Oprah Magazine