Pride and Prejudice

By: Jane Austen

Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson

Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Jane Austen’s most popular novel, originally published in 1813, some 17 years after it was first written, presents the Bennet family of Longbourn. Against the background of gossipy Mrs. Bennet and the detached Mr. Bennet, the quest is on for husbands for the five daughters. The spotlight falls on Elizabeth, second eldest, who is courted by Mr. Darcy, though initially she is more concerned with the fate of her other sisters. This marvelous account of family life in Regency England is read with customary panache by Juliet Stevenson.

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Love it of course

Juliet Stevenson is quite frankly the gold standard in audible recordings. The story is as always, wonderful, but I do have a complaint. Why does she *ahem* over the names of certain towns and certain peoples? I found that *ahem* most annoying and don’t recall it happening in my other versions of this book. What’s the deal with that?

A classic, performed beautifully

Such an amazing book, and what a lovely and dedicated performance! Stevenson’s narration gave so much life and energy to it!

Beautiful story beautiful narration

The only thing I didn’t enjoy is the inconsistency of narration with certain characters especially with Lizzy. However, I am a huge fan of Jane Austen and Juliet Stevenson and I enjoyed it more than any other versions.

Pride and prejudice

It’s awesome indeed! Tecnichally perfect in as much as the use of the language is concerned Style Grammar Use of language

Perfection

It’s not that Naxos’ previous offering of Pride and Prejudice was bad in any way. It was fine. It was enjoyable. But Juliet Stevenson is perfect. Perfect. And it rounds out the best audio collection of Jane Austen on the planet.

Masterful reading of a literary masterpiece

Jane Austen’s writing is at its best in Pride and Prejudice. So much more than a romance novel, it is a delightful comedy of manners. It is also a welcome escape from the modern penchant for extreme emotion, action, or violence in storytelling. Pride and Prejudice is a true masterpiece.

Juliet Stevenson’s performance is absolutely perfect. Characters are clearly portrayed. She infuses them with the life and wit of the story. Ms Stevenson’s timing and cadence are excellent, pausing just long enough at all the right moments giving listeners a moment to savor what we just heard before going on.

On of the very best audiobook experiences!!

Fine narration of a timeless classic

Juliet Stevenson has done it again! Her ability to portray each character is uncanny and she certainly breathes life into the words on every page.

loved ut

it was a little slow at times. loved the book. listen too it twice.

Austen + Stevenson = Love. Read on!

First, I assume anyone reading this review is familiar with P&P and is just wondering whether it's worth adding another audiobook to his/her/zir/their collection. The short answer is: yes IF you also love Ms. Stevenson.

The longer answer is that I have to confess that Ms. Stevenson is fixed in memory as the indelicate Mrs. E. of the 1996 Emma film and *is* the voice of the Austen novels via Naxos CDs in the 2000s (then Audible). Thus, it caught me a little off-guard to realize that some of her usual Shakespearean clip and general vivacity were missing from this recording, as she can't have aged! She reads a little more slowly than earlier books (of course, that could be sped up, but I didn't want to). Her characters aren't always consistent in this version. Yet, blessedly, she doesn't fall into the trap that irks me about some of the other P&P narrators (Ms. Pike and Ms. Fox) and take Mrs. Bennet into hysterical shrieks (a bit more like the version from Audible Studios by Ms. Duncan). The voice of Mrs. Bennet changes, but it doesn't make me jump for the volume button. And, as I continued to listen, I realized that I knew the story (of course) so I knew the characters and just relaxing and hearing one of my favourite narrators (Ms. Stevenson) read one of my favourite books, the way she wanted to read it to me, was a wonderful gift and well worth the credit. It was rather presumptuous of me to even take issue with her choices in the first place, so I hope you don't make my mistake and just enjoy the experience.

Juliet Stevenson wonderful

This was a wonderful narration of Pride and Prejudice. I highly recommend Juliet Stevenson for all of Jane Austen’s books.