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Read by Anna Massey (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) In Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen comments on the financial situation of women. Elinor and Marianne are virtually penniless in a world where the 'marriage market' is largely governed by money. They lose their home on their father's death − as did the...
Read by Anna-Juliana Clare (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) Emma is one of the most delightful but also one of the most domineering of Jane Austen’s heroines. Her attempts at manipulating other people’s lives start in fun and end in hurt feelings and embarrassment for all concerned. The frothiness of the novel gives...
Read by Anna Massey (Abridged: 2hrs 2mins) As with all Jane Austen's novels, Persuasion draws much of its appeal from the author's talent for observation and for satire. Notice first how the characters reveal their personalities as much through their speech - both in their choice of words or phrases...
Read by Ghizela Rowe (Unabridged: 18mins) Some would argue that Jane Austen was England’s finest authoress and it would be hard to argue against. The characters and sweep of the lives of the landed gentry and her grip on social commentary in Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Emma, Northanger...
Read by Joanna Lumley (Abridged 2hrs 15mins) Pride and Prejudice is a masterpiece of wit and perception, ridiculing the superficial manners of Jane Austen’s time. But it is more than just social satire. Notice, in particular, how the author’s close attention to detail makes the events and characters so true...
Read by Anna Massey (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) Jane Austen wrote about situations with which she was familiar and the social life of Bath was no exception. Northanger Abbey concentrates on the interaction between three families which are all very different. The Morlands are respectable but have little education, while the...
19th Century English Love Stories Not by Jane Austen (Audiobook)Read by Richard Mitchley, Robert Maskell, Eve Karpf(Unabridged: 04:41mins)Featuring stories by Joseph Conrad, Mary Shelley, Edith Nesbit, Elizabeth Gaskell, Amy Levy, Hugo Crackanthorpe, Mrs Ernest Leverson, Mrs Craik, Amelia Edwards & many moreIn this series we listen to short stories that...
Selected products from Jane Austen Jane Austen (1775-1817) is today remembered as one of the principal pillars of English literature. Her novels, such as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, are must-read classics for anyone who wants to study the history and evolution...
A collection of quotes on bravery and courage. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston S. Churchill “It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.” Mark Twain...