Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English novelist born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire. She is renowned for her keen observations of early 19th-century English society, particularly the roles of women and the institution of marriage. With a sharp wit and an incisive understanding of human relationships, Austen crafted timeless characters and narratives that resonate with readers even today. Her major works, including "Pride and Prejudice," "Sense and Sensibility," and "Emma," highlight her ability to blend romance with social commentary, creating stories that are both engaging and reflective.

Austen spent much of her life in the English countryside, where she honed her writing skills in the company of family and friends. Despite facing the challenges of her time as a woman writer, her novels have gained immense popularity and critical acclaim, often celebrated for their humor and insight. If you're curious to delve into the world of Jane Austen, we invite you to explore her delightful works in this app. Each story offers a glimpse into the complexities of love, class, and personal growth, making for a rewarding listening experience.

The Watsons

Read by Gesine 4.3
This fragment of a novel was written by Jane Austen in 1804 and remained untitled and unpublished until her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh…

Pride and Prejudice (version 2)

Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg 4.6
Jane Austen’s classic novel chronicles the events in the lives of the Bennet family. Take a family with five unmarried daughters and a lack…

Orgullo y prejuicio (cap. 42)

Read by Alba 3.9
Si la opinión de Elizabeth se derivase de lo que veía en su propia familia, no podría haber formado una idea muy agrad…

Orgullo y prejuicio (Vol 1)

Read by Victor Villarraza 4.7
Orgullo y prejuicio (en inglés, Pride and Prejudice), publicada por primera vez el 28 de enero de 1813 como una obra anónima, …

The Letters of Jane Austen

Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.8
This recording includes a selection of Jane Austen's letters, edited by Susan Coolidge and chosen from the collection of Austen's great-neph…

Mansfield Park

Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Mansfield Park features Austen’s frailest and perhaps most scrupulous heroine, Fannie Price. As the eldest daughter in a poor family, Fannie…

Orgueil et prévention (Livre 1)

Read by Vincent de l’Épine 4.5
« Élisabeth prit sa place parmi les danseuses, qui, la voyant honorée à ce point d’avoir M. Darcy pour danseur, l…

Emma (version 5)

Read by Moira Fogarty 4.8
A cautionary tale about the evils of interference, matchmaking and good intentions turned awry, Emma is the study of a young woman raised wi…

Emma (version 2)

Read by Sibella Denton 4.7
Emma is a witty exploration of love and social standing, centered around the life of Emma Woodhouse, a young woman who believes she is a mas…

Persuasion (version 6 dramatic reading)

Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marri…

Persuasion (version 3)

Read by Moira Fogarty 4.7
"All the privilege I claim for my own sex ... is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone." In persuasion, her …

Pride and Prejudice (version 5)

Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Pride and Prejudice is a keenly observed exploration of love, class, and social expectations in early 19th-century England. At its heart is …

Sense and Sensibility (version 2)

Read by Mark F. Smith 4.7
This is a story of the English moneyed class and its eternal struggle for creating “sense and sensibility” in its world. A potential marriag…

Northanger Abbey (version 3 Dramatic Reading)

Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel aficionado Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Ba…

Emma (Version 6)

Read by Maria Therese 4
Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. As in her other novels, Austen explores the c…

Lady Susan (version 2)

Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in Lady Susan, which she wrote in 1795 but never published. Although the …

Orgullo y Prejuicio (Vol 2)

Read by Victor Villarraza 4.8
Orgullo y prejuicio (en inglés, Pride and Prejudice), publicada por primera vez el 28 de enero de 1813 como una obra anónima, …

Orgueil et prévention (Livre 2)

Read by Vincent de l’Épine 4.8
« Darcy n’était qu’à peu de distance, et son apparition fut si subite qu’il était impossible d’éviter sa v…

Emma (French Version)

Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
Emma, "belle, intelligente et riche" a une fâcheuse tendance a vouloir marier les autres. Ce qu'elle va d'abord faire pour s…

Raison et Sensibilité ou les deux Manières d’aimer

Read by Cécile S. 4.7
À la mort de leur père, les sœurs Dashwood quittent avec leur mère le comté de Sussex pour s’établir dans…

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