The Letters of Jane Austen, Jane Austen
The Letters of Jane Austen, Jane Austen
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The Letters of Jane Austen

Author: Jane Austen

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 9 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Published: 01/23/2024

Synopsis

“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”Jane Austen at her witty, observant, intelligent, and sympathetic best, in this collection of her letters written to family and friends.Compiled by her niece Fanny Knight’s son Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen (the first Baron Brabourne), and edited by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, this collection includes a preface written by the editor and notes from Lord Brabourne. It was originally published in 1892.The cover art includes a sketch of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra, to whom most of her letters are addressed, and an image of her handwriting. This edition of The Letters of Jane Austen was published in 1908 and is in the public domain.

About Jane Austen

Jane Austen (16 December 1775–18 July 1817) was an English novelist, author of Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and (posthumously) Persuasion and Lady Susan. 

About Kate Reading

Kate Reading, named an AudioFile Golden Voice, has recorded hundreds of audiobooks across many genres, over a thirty–year plus career and won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. Among other awards, she has been recognized as an AudioFile Magazine Voice of the Century, Narrator of the Year, Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy, and winner of an Publisher’s Weekly’s Listen-Up Award. She records at her home studio, Madison Productions, Inc., in Maryland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rikke on May 10, 2013

At first glance this letter collection may just seem like trivial tales of an uneventful everyday life - but under the trifling discussions of silk stockings, dinner menus and minor balls lies the heart of the most accomplished writer who ever lived. These letters offer intimate insights in Jane Aus......more

Goodreads review by Tori on May 04, 2021

A comprehensive collection of Jane Austen’s letters. Less fervent Austenites can get away with reading a selection of letters, but if you love her as much as I do and want to drink up anything and everything you can about her life and writing, this is the book you want. It not only has all of Jane’s......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on June 27, 2017

This was a really great look into this time period - although I was painfully aware that this was a well-to-do white woman, especially when she seemed to spend a lot of her time discussing gossip, visits, and clothes. I liked the second half better, when she's talking more about writing and events,......more

Goodreads review by Ruthiella on December 21, 2022

I didn't read all the notes, indexes or biographical data available in this 600 plus page brick of a book. This is a scholarly work. I just read the letters, which take up over 300 page, and I referred to some of the footnotes to the letters. I am also very glad I had read Lucy Worsley's biography o......more

Goodreads review by Gabby on January 18, 2021

A great read for Austenites. I really enjoyed hearing about Jane's day to day life. The later letters to her nieces with advice on writing and love were great.......more

Quotes

“There is something soothing about returning to the lost art of letter writing with this audiobook. Add to this the elegant style of the legendary Jane Austen and the equally elegant performance of Kate Reading, and the result is fine, indeed… Reading’s steady delivery, which includes footnotes, makes the listening experience reasonable. Reading moves smoothly from letter to letter with subtlety, gently inviting us into another time…Reading’s work makes every moment worthwhile.” AudioFile

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