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Renowned as much for her wit and satirical social commentary as for her stories of love and romance, Jane Austen remains unfailingly relevant and one of Britain’s best loved authors. In this Audible Original collection, an all-star list of narrators (Billie Piper, Claire Foy, Emma Thompson, Florence Pugh and Gugu Mbatha-Raw) capture Austen’s pin-sharp humour and tone in these dramatisations of her six beloved novels accompanied by a full cast.

In this Audible Exclusive production, Academy Award® nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) narrates one of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Sense and Sensibility. In this timeless tale of misguided romance and heartbreak, two teenage heroines must overcome the pitfalls of Georgian England’s high society in order to achieve the love and happiness they seek. The admiration that Pike has for Austen’s work is shown clearly through this passionate delivery of Austen’s first published novel.

Das ländliche England an der Schwelle zum 19. Jahrhundert: Nach dem Tod ihres Vaters stehen die ungleichen Schwestern Elinor und Marianne Dashwood fast mittellos da. In einer Welt, in der Status über das Schicksal einer Frau entscheidet, suchen beide nach Liebe und Sicherheit. Doch ihre Herangehensweisen könnten kaum gegensätzlicher sein.

One of Jane Austen’s most beloved works, Pride and Prejudice, is vividly brought to life by Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike ( Gone Girl). In her bright and energetic performance of this British classic, she expertly captures Austen’s signature wit and tone. Her attention to detail, her literary background, and her performance in the 2005 feature film version of the novel provide the perfect foundation from which to convey the story of Elizabeth Bennet, her four sisters, and the inimitable Mr. Darcy.

"Jane fans rejoice! . . . Exceptional storytelling and a true delight." —Helen Simonson, author of the New York Times bestselling novels Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and The Summer Before the War Mary, the bookish ugly duckling of Pride and Prejudice’s five Bennet sisters, emerges from the...

Austen wrote, 'I am going to take a heroine whom no-one but myself will much like' and thus introduces the handsome, clever, rich - and flawed, Emma Woodhouse. Emma is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage; nothing however delights her more than matchmaking her fellow residents of Highbury. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protegee Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected.

¿Y si el mayor obstáculo para encontrar el amor fuera haber leído demasiados libros? Olvídate de los textos enrevesados y el drama victoriano: descubre esta nueva traducción y adaptación al lenguaje actual de Orgullo y Prejuicio. Una versión completamente renovada, ágil y afilada, diseñada para que disfrutes del clásico indiscutible de Jane Austen sin barreras lingüísticas y con toda la frescura de una comedia romántica contemporánea. Imagina hacer match en la Inglaterra de la Regencia con un hombre tan multimillonario como insufrible. Eso es exactamente lo que le sucede a ...

Grab your sisters and cinch those corsets! This is a retelling of Jane Austen’s beloved Pride and Prejudice like no other, performed by a remarkable new cast with an original score by Grammy-nominated composer, Morgan Kibby. Elizabeth Bennet has no intention of settling for any man, or frankly any life, that isn’t lived entirely on her terms. She will marry for love, dance when she wants to dance, and—if at all possible—find a quiet spot to read without being interrupted.

Ever since Colin Firth's Mr Darcy emerged from the lake in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the novels of Jane Austen have become more popular than ever, delighting millions of fans all over the world. Now, Alison Larkin's critically acclaimed narrations of Austen's six completed novels are brought together in this very special 200th anniversary audio edition. "Alison Larkin's narration will captivate listeners from the first sentence" raves AudioFile magazine about the Earphones Award-winning recording of Sense and Sensibility, which starts the collection.

Northamptonshire, 1800. Una niña de diez años llega a las puertas de Mansfield Park con un pequeño hatillo y nada más. Se llama Fanny Price. Sus acaudalados parientes han accedido a acogerla. Lo que nadie ha decidido aún es qué hacer con ella una vez que esté allí. Jane Austen escribió Mansfield Park desde dentro del mundo que describe. Conocía el peso exacto de cada distinción social, el vocabulario preciso de la crueldad cortés, la forma en que un hogar puede absorber a una persona y no darle nada a cambio. Fanny crece entre personas que no son desagradables por naturaleza, ...

A coming-of-age tale for the young and naïve 17-year-old Catherine Morland, Northanger Abbey takes a decidedly comical look at themes of class, family, love and literature. Revelling in the sensationalist - and extremely popular - Gothic fiction of her day, the story follows Catherine out of Bath to the lofty manor of the Tilneys, where her overactive imagination gets to work constructing an absurd and melodramatic explanation for the death of Mrs Tilney, which threatens to jeopardise her newly forged friendships.

Anne Elliot, daughter of the snobbish Sir Walter Elliot, is woman of quiet charm and deep feelings. Eight years before our story begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret.

Born to the ranks of the lower English gentry in 1775, Jane Austen led what some have mistakenly described as an ordinary and unremarkable life - a life that ended all too soon at the age of 41. But from this life, Austen drew inspiration for six novels that all rank as literary masterpieces, including the widely beloved Pride and Prejudice. So, what do we really know about Austen’s life and influences?

Charles Bingley, a wealthy young gentleman, has moved into Netherfield Park manor, which causes much excitement in the village of Longbourn, especially among the five unmarried daughters of the Bennet household. Despite many romatic complications, the overall tone of this classic novel is, as Jane Austen described it, “light and bright, and sparkling”.

Hay amores que no terminan. Esperan. En su día, Anne Elliot se dejó convencer para romper su compromiso con un hombre sin fortuna ni renombre, guiada por los consejos bienintencionados de quienes afirmaban saber más que ella. Años más tarde, más madura, más sabia y resignada en silencio a una vida en la que su vanidoso padre y su indiferente hermana la ignoraban, se ve de nuevo envuelta en la compañía del mismo hombre al que había renunciado, ahora de vuelta como un oficial de la marina exitoso y admirado. Lo que sigue es una historia de añoranza, orgullo y el lento y doloroso ...

At seventeen, daydreaming about thrilling adventures is almost a rite of passage. Such is the case for the imaginative and open-hearted Catherine Morland, who craves the kind of excitement she finds in her beloved Gothic novels. When Catherine is invited to Bath, she is swept up in a glittering world of new friendships, flirtations, and social intrigue. Captivated by the charming Henry Tilney, she’s overjoyed when he invites her to his family’s grand estate, the formidable Northanger Abbey.

Pride and Prejudice has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down.

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.

Stephanie Plum’s life is never boring, not even for a split second, in the adrenaline-fueled new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. In a now-or-never moment, Stephanie Plum made the decision of a lifetime. But some lifetimes are shorter than others and Stephanie...

The Bennet family is in a bit of a jam. With five daughters and no sons, their property is entailed away from their line, and all the women will be largely penniless when their father dies. And so the best way to ensure the most comfortable livelihood for all is for at least one of the five girls to marry “well”, which has their mother’s sharp eye ever seeking a single man in possession of a good fortune. But the Bennet sisters aren’t wholly on board with marrying anyone flung at them.