Jane Austen's Juvenilia


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(4.2 stars; 31 reviews)

Before becoming the author of such classics as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, Jane Austen experimented with various writing styles as a teenager in the early 1790s. This is a collection of her juvenilia, including the epistolary novels Love and Freindship, Lesley Castle, and Lady Susan, as well as her comic History of England and some shorter pieces. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) (5 hr 47 min)

Chapters

Love and Freindship, Part 1 (Letters 1-9) 24:14 Read by Claudia Wilson
Love and Freindship, Part 2 (Letters 10-13) 27:05 Read by Claudia Wilson
Love and Freindship, Part 3 (Letters 14-15) 18:56 Read by Claudia Wilson
Lesley Castle, Part 1 (Introduction and Letters 1-3) 20:54 Read by bryan.peterson
Lesley Castle, Part 2 (Letters 4-6) 19:14 Read by Ric F
Lesley Castle, Part 3 (Letters 7-10) 22:10 Read by Ric F
The History of England 18:52 Read by Elizabeth Klett
A Collection of Letters, Part 1 (To Miss Cooper, Letter the First and Letter th… 12:46 Read by Maria Therese
A Collection of Letters, Part 2 (Letter the Third and Letter the Fourth) 13:41 Read by Elizabeth Klett
A Collection of Letters, Part 3 (Letter the Fifth and Scraps) 18:05 Read by Mimi Wang
The Female Philosopher and The First Act of a Comedy 7:48 Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
A Letter From a Young Lady, A Tour Through Wales, and A Tale 6:38 Read by Elizabeth Klett
Lady Susan, Part 1 22:22 Read by Elizabeth Klett
Lady Susan, Part 2 22:40 Read by Elizabeth Klett
Lady Susan, Part 3 26:40 Read by Elizabeth Klett
Lady Susan, Part 4 33:23 Read by Elizabeth Klett
Lady Susan, Part 5 14:51 Read by Elizabeth Klett
Lady Susan, Part 6 16:58 Read by Elizabeth Klett

Reviews

Very amusing!


(5 stars)

Having listened to the first of the epistolary novellas- I must say it is very funny, and the delivery well adapted to the material. Almost absurd or surreal in many parts, but delivered with consistent graceful seriousness. I preferred it to Austen's more mature work.


(3.5 stars)

Interesting text and pretty well read, though of course there was some variation for the readers.