Author(s): Austen, Jane
Reader(s): Agutter, Jenny
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Junior Classic Fiction
Period: Classical
Catalogue No: NA395712
Barcode: 9789626349571
Release Date: 04/2009

AUSTEN, J.: Pride and Prejudice (Abridged)

‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.’ So opens this famous novel which has become Jane Austen’s best-loved and best-known work. Here, all her talents combined to create not only a wonderful love story, but dialogue that sparkles with wit and irony, an ingenious and compelling plot, and some of the most unforgettable characters ever created.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Austen, Jane - Author
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
1 Mr. Bingley comes to Netherfield Park 04:03
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2 Mr. Bennet makes a disclosure 12:13
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3 The Lucas family at Meryton 05:23
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
4 Letters from Netherfield Park 05:22
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5 Elizabeth at Netherfield 07:02
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
6 A visitor to Longbourn - Mr. Collins 06:01
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
7 At Meryton, two officers, Mr. Denny and Mr. Wickham 14:57
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8 Elizabeth enters the drawing-room 10:14
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
9 Mr. Collins makes his declaration 08:56
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
Disc 2
1 Charlotte takes the place of Elizabeth 05:27
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
2 Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner arrive at Longbourn 11:15
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
3 Elizabeth travels with Sir William to the Gardiner's in London 01:23
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
4 The journey to Mr. Collins at Hunsford 11:21
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
5 A conversation about music 07:46
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
6 Elizabeth receives a visit from Mr. Darcy 07:13
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
7 Another visit 05:46
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
8 A long letter of explanation 11:17
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
9 Elizabeth reveals all to Jane 08:27
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
Disc 3
1 Elizabeth arrives at Pemberley 10:14
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
2 Letters from Jane 05:23
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
3 Return to Longbourn 07:41
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
4 Lydia reveals a secret and Elizabeth learns all 09:49
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
5 Mr. Darcy returns to Hertfordshire 05:47
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
6 Jane and Mr. Bingley in deep conversation 05:26
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
7 A surprise visit from Lady Catherine de Bourgh 10:35
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
8 Mr. Darcy again 09:33
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
9 Sisterly approval 09:06
Agutter, Jenny (Reader)
10 Mrs. Bennet gets rid of her two most deserving daughters. 02:54
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Total Playing Time: 03:40:34