Jane Austen
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Jane Austen

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works include Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. Her biting social commentary and masterful use of both free indirect speech and irony eventually made Austen one of the most influential and honored novelists in English Literature.

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    • Pride and Prejudice

    • By: Jane Austen
    • Narrated by: Rosamund Pike
    • Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      5 out of 5 stars 10,937
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 9,975
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 9,930

    One of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Pride and Prejudice, is vividly brought to life by Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • A perfect narration of a perfect book

    • By Akela on 12-09-15

    Regular price: $24.95

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    • Persuasion

    • By: Jane Austen
    • Narrated by: Mary Sarah
    • Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,455
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 1,257
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,266

    A moving love story displaying all of Austen's signature wit and ironic narrative style....

    • 1 out of 5 stars

    • Poor narration

    • By Amazon Customer on 01-23-16

    Regular price: $0.69

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    • Emma [Naxos]

    • By: Jane Austen
    • Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
    • Length: 16 hrs and 39 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 3,092
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,588
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,580

    One of Jane Austen's most popular novels. Arrogant, self-willed, and egotistical, Emma is her most unusual heroine....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Why can't all literature be like this?

    • By Theodore on 10-15-11

    Regular price: $64.39

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    • Sense and Sensibility

    • By: Jane Austen
    • Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
    • Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,832
    • Performance
      5 out of 5 stars 2,314
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,305

    Mrs. Dashwood is forced by an avaricious daughter-in-law to leave the family home in Sussex....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • very easy on the ears.

    • By Rachael on 02-27-08

    Regular price: $47.59

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    • Mansfield Park

    • By: Jane Austen
    • Narrated by: Frances Barber
    • Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 316
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 230
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 232

    When the self-effacing 10-year-old Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relations at Mansfield Park she seems shy and withdrawn beside her witty and vivacious cousins....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL

    • By Wanda S Sauerland on 08-23-08

    Regular price: $24.51

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    • Northanger Abbey

    • By: Jane Austen
    • Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
    • Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,871
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,483
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 1,479

    When Catherine Morland, a country clergyman's daughter, is invited to spend a season in Bath with the fashionable high society, little does she imagine the delights and perils that await her....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Awesome

    • By Johnny on 08-01-09

    Regular price: $35.62

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    • Pride and Prejudice

    • By: Jane Austen
    • Narrated by: Samantha Spiro, Full Cast
    • Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
    • Original Recording
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 195
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 173
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 171

    Samantha Spiro, David Troughton and Amanda Root are among the cast of this new BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Jane Austen’s famous novel....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Delightful, but too short

    • By Me_Mo on 01-18-15

    Regular price: $15.49

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    • Northanger Abbey

    • By: Jane Austen
    • Narrated by: Alice Johnson
    • Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 5
    • Performance
      3.5 out of 5 stars 3
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 3

    This early novel is often called Jane Austen's Gothic parody. Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers...

    • 1 out of 5 stars

    • Boring

    • By Susan D. White on 09-18-17

    Regular price: $7.12

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    • Orgoglio e Pregiudizio

    • By: Jane Austen
    • Narrated by: Paola Cortellesi
    • Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 10
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 9
    • Story
      5 out of 5 stars 8

    "Orgoglio e pregiudizio" è uno dei primi romanzi di Jane Austen. La scrittrice lo iniziò a ventuno anni. Rifiutato da un editore londinese...

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    • Orgullo y Prejuicio [Pride and Prejudice]

    • By: Jane Austen
    • Narrated by: Laura Garcia
    • Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
    • Abridged
    • Overall
      3.5 out of 5 stars 21
    • Performance
      3.5 out of 5 stars 17
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 17

    Han dicho que las novelas de la inglesa Jane Austen son descripciones de la vida domestica....

    • 1 out of 5 stars

    • Decepcionada

    • By Tania Vidal on 04-29-18

    Regular price: $11.90

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