AUSTEN, J.: Northanger Abbey (Unabridged)
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Author(s): Austen, Jane
Reader(s): Stevenson, Juliet
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Classical
Catalogue No: NA742712
Barcode: 9789626344279
Release Date: 07/2006

AUSTEN, J.: Northanger Abbey (Unabridged)

When Catherine Morland, a country clergyman’s daughter, is invited to spend a season in Bath with the fashionable high society, little does she imagine the delights and perils that await her. Captivated and disconcerted by what she finds, and introduced to the joys of ‘Gothic novels’ by her new friend, Isabella, Catherine longs for mystery and romance. When she is invited to stay with the beguiling Henry Tilney and his family at Northanger Abbey, she expects mystery and intrigue at every turn. However, the truth turns out to be even stranger than fiction…

Tracklist

Disc 1
Austen, Jane - Author
1Chapter 1: No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland…04:57
2Mrs. Morland was a very good woman...04:03
3Chapter 2: In addition to what has been already said...03:57
4It is now expedient to give some description of Mrs. Allen...04:18
5They were not long able, however, to enjoy the repose...03:10
6After some time they received an offer of tea...02:32
7Chapter 3: Every morning now brought its regular duties...03:51
8‘Shall I tell you what you ought to say?’03:18
9Mrs. Allen was quite struck by his genius03:55
10Chapter 4: With more than usual eagerness...03:50
11The Miss Thorpes were introduced...04:20
12Chapter 5: Catherine was not so much engaged at the theatre...04:11
13The progress of the friendship between Catherine and Isabella...03:51
14Chapter 6: The following conversation, which took place...04:13
15‘Oh, dear!’ cried Catherine, colouring04:13
16Catherine, in some amazement, complied...02:17
17Chapter 7: Half a minute conducted them through...04:09
18‘You have lost an hour,’ said Morland...05:25
19This brought on a dialogue of civilities...03:37
20These manners did not please Catherine...04:37
Disc 2
1Chapter 8: In spite of Udolpho and the dressmaker, however...04:18
2Mr. Tilney and his companion, who continued, though slowly...04:21
3Miss Tilney had a good figure, a pretty face...03:31
4In this commonplace chatter which lasted some time...04:56
5Chapter 9: The progress of Catherine’s unhappiness...04:51
6Catherine followed her orders and turned away...05:13
7Thorpe’s ideas then all reverted to the merits...05:24
8When they arrived at Mrs. Allen’s door...05:02
9Chapter 10: The Allens, Thorpes, and Morlands all met...02:56
10Catherine’s resolution of endeavouring to meet Miss Tilney...04:25
11She went home very happy03:17
12Catherine had neither time nor inclination to answer03:01
13This was the last sentence by which he could weary...03:58
14‘Now you have given me a security worth having...’03:27
15Soon after their reaching the bottom of the set...02:42
Disc 3
1Chapter 11: The morrow brought a very sober-looking...04:07
2It was too dirty for Mrs. Allen to accompany her husband...05:13
3Catherine’s feelings as she got into the carriage...03:32
4Their drive, even when this subject was over...02:56
5As she entered the house, the footman told her...03:09
6Chapter 12: ‘Mrs. Allen,’ said Catherine the next morning...05:19
7The play concluded – the curtain fell – Henry Tilney...04:09
8While talking to each other, she had observed...03:14
9Chapter 13: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday...03:50
10Catherine thought this reproach equally strange...03:58
11Isabella’s countenance was once more all smiles...04:46
12The affair thus happily settled, she was introduced...02:49
13Mr. Allen caught at it directly04:03
14Chapter 14: The next morning was fair...03:51
15‘Henry,’ said Miss Tilney, ‘you are very impertinent...’05:40
16Catherine assented – and a very warm panegyric from her04:38
17The ladies stared. He laughed and added...03:31
18It was no effort to Catherine to believe...03:06
Disc 4
1Chapter 15: Early the next day, a note from Isabella...03:34
2This bold surmise, however, she soon learnt...04:31
3This charming sentiment, recommended as much...03:34
4Catherine was with her friend again the next day...04:29
5‘Then why do you stay away so long?’ replied Catherine...04:13
6Chapter 16: Catherine’s expectations of pleasure...04:13
7Isabella’s opinion of the Tilneys did not influence her friend...03:01
8‘Your brother will not mind it, I know,’ said she...03:42
9The friends were not able to get together...03:12
10‘It is very charming indeed,’ said Isabella...03:30
11Chapter 17: The Allens had now entered on the sixth week...05:27
12The circumstances of the morning had led Catherine’s feelings...03:36
13Chapter 18: With a mind thus full of happiness...03:29
14Catherine, with all the earnestness of truth...05:51
15Catherine, looking up, perceived Captain Tilney…04:00
16Chapter 19: A few days passed away...04:40
17Catherine blushed for her friend, and said...05:10
Disc 5
1Chapter 20: Mr. and Mrs. Allen were sorry to lose...02:59
2The bustle of going was not pleasant04:25
3‘But how can that be?’ said Catherine04:02
4‘Nothing further to alarm perhaps may occur the first night.’03:52
5As they drew near the end of their journey...04:29
6Chapter 21: A moment’s glance was enough to satisfy...04:20
7She was gazing on it with the first blush of surprise...03:46
8The night was stormy; the wind had been rising at intervals...04:20
9In short, she could not sleep till she had examined it03:37
10The dimness of the light her candle emitted made her turn...03:14
11Chapter 22: The housemaid’s folding back...04:08
12She got away as soon as she could from a room...03:37
13Shortly after breakfast Henry left them for Woodston...05:37
14The kitchen-garden was to be next admired...03:56
15Catherine had never heard Mrs. Tilney mentioned...04:42
16Chapter 23: An hour passed away before the general...04:18
17With the walls of the kitchen ended all the antiquity...03:29
18The gallery was terminated by folding doors...04:30
19After an evening, the little variety and seeming length...04:40
Disc 6
1Chapter 24: The next day afforded no opportunity...03:44
2Her agitation as they entered the gallery was too much...03:49
3It was done; and Catherine found herself alone...05:32
4She could not contradict it, and therefore suffered herself...05:51
5Chapter 25: The visions of romance were over04:29
6Her mind made up on these several points...04:37
7Catherine had not read three lines before her sudden change...05:44
8He gladly received the letter, and, having read it...05:35
9Chapter 26: From this time, the subject was frequently...03:57
10‘And when do you think, sir, I may look forward...’04:32
11From Saturday to Wednesday, however, they were now...03:57
12The room in question was of a commodious, well-proportioned...03:41
13Chapter 27: The next morning brought the following...04:48
14Such a strain of shallow artifice could not impose...03:43
Disc 7
1Chapter 28: Soon after this, the general found himself...03:56
2Henry was not able to obey his father’s injunction...04:02
3A new idea now darted into Catherine’s mind...05:37
4It was with pain that Catherine could speak at all...04:33
5Soon after six Eleanor entered her room...05:42
6Chapter 29: Catherine was too wretched to be fearful04:49
7With these feelings, she rather dreaded than sought...03:41
8Reluctantly, and with much hesitation, did she then begin...03:49
9As soon as breakfast was over, she sat down to fulfil...04:34
10She was received by the Allens with all the kindness...04:52
11Chapter 30: Catherine’s disposition was not naturally...02:51
12Catherine said no more, and, with an endeavour to do right...05:30
13A very short visit to Mrs. Allen, in which Henry talked...04:47
14Catherine herself could not be more ignorant at the time...05:16
15Chapter 31: Mr. and Mrs. Morland’s surprise...04:06
16The marriage of Eleanor Tilney, her removal from all the evils...03:59

Total Playing Time: 08:16:13

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