Persuasion

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Greta Scacchi

Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a tale of love and marriage told with irony and insight. Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth have met and seperated years before. Their reunion, after the passage or irrecoverable years of their youth, forces a recognition of the false values that drove them apart.

First published 1818. All rights reserved.; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

Loved it!

Wonderful narration! She doesn't overdue the males voices which can be distracting. I will look for more of her works. And of course I always love this story.

One of my favorite stories

Enjoyed listening to this old favorite. Beautifully read. Looking forward to listening to more Austen.

thank audible for pitiless counter programming

I'm assuming this made my recommendation carousel because of the recent terrible Netflix movie. well done, as I'd not heard this production which is excellent.
the book is often called Austen's best and for sheer insight might be one of the best courtship novels ever written. I'd forgotten how angry it is, and how impatient with the various hypocrises a society on the verge of the verge of thinking of women as people foists on her characters, male and female.

thanks Netflix for making such a shitty movie. please do Pnin next and even worse.

Great book and read

I loved the book and the narrator did a lovely job with the narration and gave personality to the various characters making it very enjoyable.

Delightful

Beautifully narrated. Jane Austen's eloquence is always a delight. Although a lovely story, just listening to the choice of words is already a pleasure.

Perfect narration for my favorite Austen

This listen and story is bliss. I think this is my favorite Austen story for the characters, sentiments and plots.

Literatura que transforma al lector u oyente

Una magistral pericia de la autora para describir los sentimientos que anidan en la profundidad de las almas sensibles y de todos los personajes que integran esta gran novela guiada por la introspección del personaje principal. No tiene desperdicio!!!!

Great story and reading

Loved the plot and excellent audio. Language is archaic, so it was fun to get into that and adjust as the story went on.

Embedded Love

Persuasion, written by Jane Austen and narrated by Greta Scacchi. Love of another is embedded into our existence; not emotions for just anyone, but rather a select other. With that understanding in hand, Ms. Austen tells us of the once was but as the book opens the lost love between Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth. I tell you not whether the novel is a tragedy or a return to happiness.

What you will have in reading or listening is a deep analysis of how those around us, our society, put us into places we may not really want to be. What is perhaps the most magnificent part of this imperial story is how well Ms. Austen uses words to shape and mold the story's characters to bring about our understanding of what happened to Anne and why.

There is a trick in this book that is thrilling for a literary. Wentworth and Anne are almost never in the conversation. Yet their affection is always in plain sight. A perfect plot ploy to engender one’s fascination with the read (listen). The words used to convey the story are enchanting and Ms. Scacchi was a supreme delivery vehicle.

Should have read this first!

I’ll explain. Netflix recently released a movie version of Persuasion, done in period costume with modern language. I enjoyed it, but wanted to see if it had been done before. So I found a movie version done in the expected period garb and language. Not as enjoyable.

Then I listened to Persuasion done with a full cast in Audible’s Jane Austen Collection. I still wasn’t satisfied and decided to listen to the actual novel. The free version is read by Greta Scacchi, and as soon as I started to listen, I realized that I should have started here. There’s just something about Jane Austen and her observations on the society and customs of her day that are hard to be interpreted better than she did - especially in a 2-hour movie. Although it’s not my favorite of her books, I thoroughly enjoyed it, even right after experiencing 3 other attempts at telling her story!

Greta Scacchi did a terrific job reading the book and interpreting the characters.