AUSTEN, J.: Sense and Sensibility (Unabridged)
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Author(s): Austen, Jane
Reader(s): Stevenson, Juliet
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Classical
Catalogue No: NAX36112
Barcode: 9789626343616
Release Date: 11/2005

AUSTEN, J.: Sense and Sensibility (Unabridged)

When Mrs Dashwood is forced by an avaricious daughter-in-law to leave the family home in Sussex, she takes her three daughters to live in a modest cottage in Devon. For Elinor, the eldest daughter, the move means a painful separation from the man she loves, but her sister Marianne finds in Devon the romance and excitement which she longs for. The contrasting fortunes and temperaments of the two girls as they struggle to cope in their different ways with the cruel events which fate has in store for them are portrayed by Jane Austen with her usual irony, humour and profound sensibility. Juliet Stevenson is acknowledged one of the finest interpreters of Jane Austen.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Austen, Jane - Author
1Volume I, Chapter 1: The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex03:40
2Mr Dashwood’s disappointment...02:32
3No sooner was his father’s funeral over...03:33
4Volume I, Chapter 2: Mrs John Dashwood now installed herself mistress…03:56
5‘I would not wish to do anything mean...’04:09
6‘To be sure it will...’03:24
7Volume I, Chapter 3: Mrs Dashwood remained at Norland several months...04:28
8Edward had been staying several weeks in the house…05:06
9Volume I, Chapter 4: ‘What a pity it is Elinor,’ said Marianne04:13
10Elinor started at this declaration...04:12
11But whatever might really be its limits it was enough…03:32
12Volume I, Chapter 5: No sooner was her answer dispatched…06:20
13Volume I, Chapter 6: The first part of their journey...03:40
14In the mean time, till all these alterations could be made…04:03
15Volume I, Chapter 7: Barton Park was about half a mile from the cottage…04:12
16Mrs Jennings, Lady Middleton’s mother...03:32
17Volume I, Chapter 8: Mrs Jennings was a widow with an ample jointure03:23
18‘Mama, you are not doing me justice.’04:09
Disc 2
1Volume I, Chapter 9: The Dashwoods were now settled at Barton...03:44
2A gentleman, carrying a gun…03:12
3Sir John called on them...04:12
4Volume I, Chapter 10: Marianne’s preserver...04:38
5Willoughby, on his side gave every proof of his pleasure…04:11
6Perhaps she pitied and esteemed him more...04:03
7Volume I, Chapter 11: Little had Mrs Dashwood or her daughters imagined…04:47
8In Colonel Brandon alone...04:34
9Volume I, Chapter 12: As Elinor and Marianne were walking together…04:33
10Margaret related something to her the next day...05:38
11Volume I, Chapter 13: Their intended excursion to Whitwell...04:07
12‘There’s no persuading you to change your mind Brandon...’04:17
13It was settled that there should be a dance in the evening…04:50
14Volume I, Chapter 14: The sudden termination of Colonel Brandon’s visit…04:18
15One evening in particular…04:52
Disc 3
1Volume I, Chapter 15: Mrs Dashwood’s visit to Lady Middleton...04:07
2Mrs Dashwood felt too much for speech...03:44
3‘Then you would have told me...’04:20
4‘A mighty concession indeed!’03:46
5Volume I, Chapter 16: Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable04:23
6It was several days before Willoughby's name was mentioned…03:16
7He was the only person in the world...05:02
8Volume I, Chapter 17: Mrs Dashwood was surprised only for a moment…03:37
9Elinor smiled again...03:41
10‘I have frequently detected myself in such kind of mistakes...’03:16
11Volume I, Chapter 18: Elinor saw with great uneasiness the low spirits…04:33
12The subject was continued no farther…05:09
13Volume I, Chapter 19: Edward remained a week at the cottage…02:51
14‘I think Edward,’ said Mrs Dashwood...04:15
15Elinor sat down to her drawing-table...04:28
16Mrs Palmer was several years younger than Lady Middleton…03:22
17‘Here comes Marianne,’ cried Sir John...02:53
Disc 4
1Volume I, Chapter 20: As the Miss Dashwoods entered the drawing-room…04:10
2Charlotte laughted heartily...04:05
3Elinor was again obliged to decline her invitation…05:40
4Volume I, Chapter 21: The Palmers returned to Cleveland...04:07
5When their promised visit to the park...04:14
6‘Poor little creatures!’ said Miss Steele…04:38
7This specimen of the Miss Steeles was enough…04:48
8Volume I, Chapter 22: Marianne, who had never much toleration...05:20
9What felt Elinor at that moment?04:53
10She was silent03:57
11Here she took out her handkerchief...04:55
12Volume II, Chapter 1: However small Elinor’s general dependence…04:00
13As these considerations occurred to her....04:11
14But it was not immediately that an opportunity of doing so…03:41
15Lucy directly drew her work table near her…02:51
16Volume II, Chapter 2: In a firm, though cautious tone...04:34
17‘But what,’ said she after a short silence...03:41
18They were again silent for many minutes...05:07
Disc 5
1Volume II, Chapter 3: Though Mrs Jennings was in the habit…03:40
2Mrs Jennings repeated her assurance...04:06
3Elinor could not help smiling at this display of indifference…03:53
4Volume II, Chapter 4: Elinor could not find herself in the carriage…03:38
5As dinner was not to be ready in less than two hours…04:39
6This, and the manner in which it was said…03:37
7After an hour or two…04:02
8Volume II, Chapter 5: ‘If this open weather holds much longer...’04:23
9About a week after their arrival...03:14
10Elinor found, when the evening was over...03:46
11Her letter was scarcely finished when a rap foretold a visitor…05:11
12Volume II, Chapter 6: Nothing occurred during the next three or four days…04:46
13He made no reply; his complexion changed…04:25
14Volume II, Chapter 7: Before the housemaid had lit their fire...05:06
15Mrs Jennings laughed again, but Elinor had not spirits to say more…04:18
16In her earnest meditations on the contents of the letter…05:03
17Elinor said no more03:31
18That such letters, so full of affection and confidence…03:44
19Again they were both silent03:12
Disc 6
1Volume II, Chapter 8: Mrs Jennings came immediately...04:21
2‘Poor soul!’ cried Mrs Jennings...04:11
3‘It would be unnecessary I am sure...’04:59
4In the drawing room whither she then repaired...02:52
5‘You mean,’ answered Elinor, with forced calmness…03:32
6Volume II, Chapter 9: From a night of more sleep than she had expected...05:01
7Mrs Jennings left them earlier than usual...04:11
8‘You have probably entirely forgotten a conversation…’04:35
9He could say no more...03:05
10Again he stopped to recover himself; and Elinor spoke her feelings…03:38
11‘Good heavens!’ cried Elinor04:01
12Elinor’s thanks followed this speech with grateful earnestness…02:25
13Volume II, Chapter 10: When the particulars of this conversation were repeated…04:20
14Marianne had promised to be guided by her mother’s opinion…03:02
15The calm and polite unconcern of Lady Middleton...03:05
16Early in February...05:59
Disc 7
1Volume II, Chapter 11: After some opposition Marianne yielded…03:14
2Their affection and pleasure in meeting was just enough…03:19
3After staying with them half an hour…04:16
4He paused for her assent and compassion...04:58
5‘Why to be sure,’ said he, seeming to recollect himself…03:24
6Volume II, Chapter 12: Mrs John Dashwood had so much confidence...04:19
7Their claims to the notice of Mrs John Dashwood...04:24
8Lucy was all exultation on being so honourably distinguished…03:50
9The Colonel, though disclaiming all pretensions...04:50
10Volume II, Chapter 13: Elinor’s curiosity to see Mrs Ferrars was satisfied…05:54
11Elinor was prevented from making any reply...04:30
12This remark was not calculated...05:10
13Volume II, Chapter 14: Within a few days after this meeting...04:39
14I come now to the relation of a misfortune...03:43
15The events of this evening were not very remarkable…03:30
16‘You reside in Devonshire, I think,’02:39
17As John Dashwood had no more pleasure in music…04:52
Disc 8
1Volume III, Chapter 1: Mrs Palmer was so well...02:21
2‘That is exactly what I said, my dear.’04:34
3Here Mrs Jennings ceased...03:55
4Her first communication had reached no farther…03:53
5‘I understand you.’03:54
6The next morning brought a farther trial of it…03:52
7Here Marianne, in an ecstasy of indignation clapped her hands…03:02
8‘Poor young man!’03:08
9Volume III, Chapter 2: Mrs Jennings was very warm in her praise...03:39
10It was lucky, however, for Mrs Jenning's curiosity…05:43
11‘I do not understand what you mean by interrupting them,’05:55
12The next morning brought Elinor a letter...03:32
13Volume III, Chapter 3: The Miss Dashwoods had now been…03:46
14Perhaps Mrs Jennings was in hopes...04:42
15Elinor’s astonishment at this commission...03:52
Disc 9
1Volume III, Chapter 4: ‘Well Miss Dashwood,' said Mrs Jennings...05:04
2How she should begin, how she should express herself...03:57
3‘Yes,’ continued Elinor, gathering more resolution…04:15
4When Mrs Jennings came home...03:16
5Volume III, Chapter 5: Edward, having carried his thanks to Colonel Brandon…04:54
6Elinor contradicted it, however, very positively…05:24
7Elinor had heard enough, if not to gratify her vanity…06:12
8Volume III, Chapter 6: One other short call in Harley Street...03:26
9Marianne entered the house with her heart swelling…03:30
10The two gentlemen arrived the next day...04:00
11Volume III, Chapter 7: Marianne got up the next morning at her usual time…05:18
12Two days passed away...04:52
13The comfort of such a friend at that moment…03:48
14Mr. Harris was punctual in his second visit…03:26
15Elinor could not be cheerful. Her joy was of a different kind…04:21
Disc 10
1Volume III, Chapter 8: Elinor, starting back with a look of horror…03:58
2The steadiness of his manner and the intelligence of his eye…05:01
3‘You did then,’ said Elinor, a little softened…03:48
4‘Your indifference, however, towards that unfortunate girl...’04:45
5They were both silent for a few moments04:40
6‘Even so. You would be surprised to hear…’04:45
7‘Your wife!’04:35
8‘Last night, in Drury Lane lobby...’05:36
9Volume III, Chapter 9: Elinor, for some time after he left her...03:16
10As soon as Mrs Dashwood had recovered herself...03:27
11‘At last we are alone.’03:46
12‘Oh! my love, I could not then talk of hope to him...’04:02
13Volume III, Chapter 10: Marianne's illness though weakening in its kind…04:34
14As they approached Barton...04:17
15Marianne had been two or three days at home...03:24
16‘Do you compare your conduct with his?’03:41
17Here ceased the rapid flow of her self-reproving spirit…04:00
Disc 11
1Volume III, Chapter 11: Mrs Dashwood did not hear unmoved...05:09
2Marianne’s lips quivered...04:14
3Their man-servant had been sent one morning to Exeter…03:32
4Mrs Dashwood now looked at her daughter; but Elinor knew better…02:46
5Volume III, Chapter 12: Elinor now found the difference…04:45
6His countenance as he entered the room, was not too happy…04:25
7Volume III, Chapter 13: Unaccountable, however, as the circumstances…04:31
8The change which a few hours had wrought…04:17
9How long it had been carrying on between them...04:30
10That Lucy had certainly meant to deceive...03:59
11Edward heard with pleasure...04:00
12The letters from town...05:29
13Volume III, Chapter 14: After a proper resistance on the part of Mrs Ferrars…04:13
14They were visited on their first settling...05:47
15What Edward had done to forfeit the right of eldest son…06:23

Total Playing Time: 12:41:43

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