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The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection

Six BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations

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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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About this listen

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
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Well made adaptions, with some seriously good voice actors involved and excellent performances. However, the scripts have combined certain scenes or swapped them entirely, meaning that the plot doesn't flow as well as the originals or they just don't make logical sense (which is a shame).

Enjoyable, but not book accurate

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such a joy and i much loved listening to all the classics Austen stories. timeless & enjoyable.

top-class adaptation

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Beautifully acted . A joy to listen to superb English voices. All these books are favourites of Mine. Thank you

Delightful

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Wonderful adaptations of these Austen novels. Extremely entertaining. I can highly recommend this audiobook. The music was a lovely touch and a real bonus.

Love this

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BBC has done it again! Each book is portraits by different cast so that the listener does no associate the voices with another book's characters(Minnor roles can at times have a same actor/actress , but the main roles). Music, signing, background noises are included where needed to bring to life the stories of Jane Austen. I must praise to each director, producer, sound producer and actor/actress for their hard work! I spend hours listening and feeling the pains of the protagonists and rejoicing when things turned for the better for them!
I myself have yet to read the full volumes of Jane Austen
, I intend to soon, as I have too many other books to read at present but I hope readers of the books can comment on whether the recorded stories stayed true to the original material.
I personally recommend this audiobook and I especially recommend BBC dramatizations.

Simply beautiful

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Loved it. As always the BBC have done Jane Austen proud. Each play is very well done and the acting fantastic.

Brilliant

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Easy to listen to. I'm a massive fan of Jane Austen so new I would enjoy this

Jane Austen

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

If you are a fan of Jane Austen and have read her books and would love to hear them being performed, this is for you. The characters take you to the times of Austen and the lavishes and settings of the era.

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Each actor of the various stories takes you to the imagination and the portrayal is immense

Stunning Performances From All Involved

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This is so entertaining and a perfect introduction to Jane Austen... This has really helped me through this last week of sewing for an exam

Jane Austen at its best !

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Love these versions of the Jane Austen Novels. I have listened to them so many times and never get bored.

Great collection

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