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The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection

By: Jane Austen
Narrated by: Julia McKenzie,Benedict Cumberbatch,Juliet Stevenson,Eve Best,Jenny Agutter,Toby Jones,full cast,David Tennant
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Publisher's Summary

A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels. Jane Austen is one of the finest writers in the English language, and this volume includes all six of her classic novels.

Mansfield Park: on a quest to find a position in society, Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle.

Northanger Abbey: young, naïve Catherine Morland receives an invitation to stay at the isolated Gothic mansion Northanger Abbey.

Sense and Sensibility: forced to leave their family home after their father's death, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood try to forge a new life at Barton Cottage.

Pride and Prejudice: Mrs Bennet is determined to get her five daughters married well, so when the wealthy Mr Bingley and his friend, Mr Darcy, move into the neighbourhood, her hopes are raised....

Emma: Emma Woodhouse declares she will never marry, but she is determined to find a match for her friend, Harriet.

Persuasion: eight years ago, Anne Elliot rejected a marriage proposal from a handsome but poor naval officer. Now her former love has returned....

With an all-star cast including David Tennant, Benedict Cumberbatch, Julia McKenzie, Jenny Agutter, Toby Jones, Eve Best and Juliet Stevenson, these BBC radio adaptations are full of humour, romance, love lost and love regained. Duration: approx. 14 hours 30 mins.

Full chapter listing:

  • Chapters 1-10: Mansfield Park
  • Chapters 11-13: Northanger Abbey
  • Chapters 14 and 15: Sense and Sensibility
  • Chapters 16-18: Pride and Prejudice
  • Chapters 19 and 20: Emma
  • Chapters 21-23: Persuasion
©2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2016 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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Abridged, but well done.

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This is a condensed/abridged version of the Jane Austen novels, as adapted for radio. It works well in general, but I was disappointed to lose a lot of Austen's witty writing. The voices are well cast and I like the British accents for listening to Austen. The format is horrible though - the novels are all done end to end with no markers for chapters or even headings to tell you that "Chapter 16" is the start of "Pride and Prejudice" while "Chapter 15" was the end of the previous book. The abridging is more severe for some novels than others, which I think impacts on the experience.

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The bottom line for me is that I wish I'd bought the books separately, and non-abridged versions. This is OK as a light introduction to Austen, but not for the hard-core fans who want every word Jane wrote!

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  • 07-06-2016

Charming and thoroughly enjoyable adaptations

I'll start by saying that I love all of Jane Austen's novels and will happily watch any TV or film adaptation, so I was always going to be easy to please! That being said, I think each dramatisation was very well done - capturing some of Austen's witty observations through the user if a narrator and at the same time bringing each of the characters to life with some excellent and colorful voice acting by each of the actors.

I found it interesting that some novels were chosen to be continued across multiple episodes while others were condensed right down but all seemed to work quite well.

If you enjoy Jane Austen's works then I would highly recommend this series to you. I had so much fun getting lost in Austen's world while going about my everyday chores!

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favourite audio book!

this was my absolute favourite audio book, the voice acting is incredible and makes you feel as though you're there

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very enjoyable


Listen to the book whilst preparing dinners. As a fan of Austen and being aware of the stories it was easy to follow.

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Great performances

These audio dramas are really excellent performances and I enjoyed listening to them a lot. I did miss the information provided by the narrator in the regular version of the novels, but it was more of a different type of experience than one that was lacking.

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Good adaption - entertaining

wish they would have found a way to add book titles to the chapters though- its more of a put on and listen all the way through rather than zip to a specific story. otherwise I love it

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bonus

great read, was even more thrilled it included Emma, which wasnt on the cover Id seen

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Really enjoyed

Enjoyed them all. Listening to them was just as enjoyable as reading a Jand Austen.

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Extremely enjoyable performances

Very well done to a high standard, brilliant performances. Only jarring note for me were some inaccuracies... for example Anne Elliot is Sir Walter's middle child...not his youngest!

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Great performances, wonderful stories

I loved this audio book of stories. The performances are fantastic and I found my imagination taking me to that time and place. Highly recommended for Jane Austin fans.

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