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Written by Jane Austen - Audio book performed by Emilia Fox - Unabridged Fiction - 11 COMPACT DISCS - 13 hours, 2 minutes

Publisher, Naxos Audiobooks (March 2005)

The printed version of this title was selected by The New York Review of Books' 'Reader's Catalog' as one of the 40,000+ Best Books in Print!

"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. It was in this book that all Jane Austen's talents combined to create not only the most 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.

Jane Austen’s most popular novel, originally published in 1813, some 17 years after it was first written, presents the Bennet family of Longbourn. Against the background of gossipy Mrs. Bennet and the detached Mr. Bennet, the quest is on for husbands for the five daughters. The spotlight falls on Elizabeth, second eldest, who is courted by Darcy though initially she is more concerned with the fate of her other sisters.

This marvellous account of family life in Regency England is performed with vigour and style by Emilia Fox.

About the Performer: Emilia Fox trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Her film appearances include The Pianist, Blink and My Name is Sabina Speilrein. Her television credits include Randall and Hopkirk Deceased, David Copperfield, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Pride and Prejudice. Her Shakespearean roles include Isabel in Richard II and Virgilia in Coriolanus for the Almeida Theatre. She has been heard on various BBC Radio productions and also read the part of Miranda in The Tempest and the part of Cordelia in King Lear for Naxos AudioBooks.