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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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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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What did you like most about The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection?

I liked the production of the dramas, they were an easy listen.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection?

"Mansfield park" was new to me and I enjoyed it and the familiar "Sense and sensibility" and "Pride and Prejudice" very much. I thought that "Emma" had a rather thin plot line and found "Persuasion" in places a bit hard to follow on who is who..

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances? How does this one compare?

I love Jane Austen and the stories give a wide variety of her works and I pretty much flew through them.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I thought the dramatization was very good.

Any additional comments?

If you like periodic drama this is a very good collection for it.

A lovely collection of Austen stories

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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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I love Jane Austen novels & they are lovely, romantic stories that make me happy.

Lovely stories

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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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Jane Austen’s best! Well Narrated and a pure pleasure to listen to. Faithful to the origami books and well acted.

Magical Austen!

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