By Jane AustenNarrated by Catherine Bilson, Sarah Jane Rose, Graham Scott, Linda Barrans, Denis Daly, a full cast
Length8h 23m
About this audiobook
Persuasion was the last novel completed by Jane Austen and was first published posthumously in December, 1817.
The story represents an interesting configuration of Austen’s characteristic narrative patterns. The heroine, Anne Eliot, is something of an old maid—she is twenty-seven years old, still single and is considered by family and friends to have lost her youthful beauty. Several years earlier, her engagement to Captain Frederick Wentworth had been broken off, due to the insistence of her family that the Captain lacked the wealth and status needed in a suitable husband.
Due to the improvidence of Anne’s snobbish father, Sir Walter Elliot, it becomes necessary to rent out the family estate at Kellynch Hall. The Elliots take up residence in Bath. Anne and Frederick meet again, and Anne is faced with a difficult choice between suitors: should she align herself with the honest and upright but socially awkward Frederick Wentworth? Or with her charming, wealthy, and devious cousin, William Elliot?
Narrated byCatherine Bilson, Sarah Jane Rose, Graham Scott, Linda Barrans, Denis Daly, a full cast
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMar 5, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
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About the author
Jane Austen
Jane Austen (1775–1817) was an English novelist and is today considered one of the masters of classic romantic fiction.
The voice actors in this production are associate narrators with Voices of Today, a spoken audio production house located in Perth, Western Australia.View all by Jane Austen
