Jane Austen

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Jane Austen - Persuasion (version 6 dramatic reading)

More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marriage from the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. He was clever,...

8 hours 23 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

587

Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey is a hilarious parody of 18th century gothic novels. The heroine, 17-year old Catherine, has been reading far too many “horrid” gothic novels and would love to encounter some gothic-style terror —...

Kara Shallenberg and 17 more 8 hours 12 minutes

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Romance

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Jane Austen - Persuasion (version 2)

Eight years ago, Anne Elliot fell in love with a poor but ambitious young naval officer, Frederick Wentworth. The Elliots were dissatisfied with Anne's choice, feeling he was not distinguished enough for their family,...

Elizabeth Klett 7 hours 52 minutes

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Romance

507

Jane Austen - Persuasion (version 7)

Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to get out of debt, rents their home to an Admiral. The brother of the Admiral's wife, Captain Frederick Wentworth, had been engaged to Anne years...

Judy Guinan 7 hours 49 minutes

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Letters

507

Jane Austen - Letters of Jane Austen

This recording includes a selection of Jane Austen's letters, edited by Susan Coolidge and chosen from the collection of Austen's great-nephew, Edward, Lord Brabourne. The letters are mostly addressed to Austen's...

Elizabeth Klett 7 hours 36 minutes

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Northanger Abbey (version 3 Dramatic Reading)

Dramatic Readings

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Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey (version 3 Dramatic Reading)

Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel aficionado Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath. It is Catherine's first visit there. She meets new friends, such as...

7 hours 28 minutes

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General Fiction

508

Jane Austen - Persuasion (version 4)

Several years before the events of the novel, Anne Elliott fell in love with a young and handsome but poor naval officer. She was persuaded by her friends and family to refuse him when he asked her to marry him. Now...

Karen Savage 7 hours 15 minutes

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General Fiction

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Jane Austen - Persuasion (version 5)

Persuasion is a regency Cinderella-esque tale of a young woman, the beautiful Anne Elliot, who is persuaded from marrying the Naval officer of her heart. It is now almost nine years since she rejected him. Bonaparte...

Madame Tusk 7 hours 15 minutes

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General Fiction

551

Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey (version 2)

Northanger Abbey follows Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath, England. Seventeen year-old Catherine spends her time visiting newly-made friends, such as Isabella Thorpe, and...

Elizabeth Klett 7 hours 9 minutes

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Epistolary Fiction

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Jane Austen - Jane Austen's Juvenilia

Before becoming the author of such classics as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, Jane Austen experimented with various writing styles as a teenager in the early 1790s. This is a collection of her...

Claudia Wilson and 6 more 5 hours 47 minutes

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Love and Freindship, and Other Early Works

Epistolary Fiction

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Jane Austen - Love and Freindship, and Other Early Works

This book draws together some of Jane Austen's earliest literary efforts. It includes «Love & Freindship» and «Lesley Castle» both told through the medium of letters written by the characters. It also contains her...

NoelBadrian 4 hours 29 minutes

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Comedy

538

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice: A Play

Pride and Prejudice, a comedy of manners and marriage, is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. In this dramatic adaption by Mary Keith Medbery Macakaye some liberties are taken with the storyline and characters,...

2 hours 42 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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