List $29.95Written by Jane Austin - Audio book performed by Anna Massey - Unabridged Fiction - 6 CASSETTES - 8 hours
Publisher, Audio Partners (July 1999)
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"Anna Massey's reading is sprightly, thoughtful, and meticulous." --Gramophone
"Anna Massey's quietly humorous tones are effective in bringing out ... the subtle irony of Persuasion. Austen admirers will savor every word." --The Good Book Guide
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In her final novel, Jane Austen creates a delightful social satire of England's landed gentry and a moving tale of lovers separated by class distinction. Here Austen achieves her most mature observations, especially of the silent torment of an unloved woman. A Cover to Cover Unabridged Classic.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) was the English writer who first gave the novel its distinctly modern character through her treatment of ordinary people in everyday life. Austen created the comedy of manners in middle-class life in the England of her time in such novels as Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), Emma (1815), and Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (both published posthumously, 1817).
Anna Massey made her debut at The Cambridge Theater in The Reluctant Debutante. Her stage and screen credits include Rebecca, Hotel du Lac, and Angels and Insects.
