Emma (version 3)

Delightful!

(5 stars)

Abigail

Emma just might be my new favorite work of Austen’s. I love the characters, the story line is excellent, and the book is full of the sparkling wit that characterizes Jane Austen. Not to mention Elizabeth Klett, who gave life to each character! Her narrating is delightful, I’m very grateful for her recording of Emma. Definitely recommend!

(5 stars)

mhnr

I'm in love with Elizabeth Klett's reading. The women's voices were especially well done. Everything was so vivid through Ms Klett's reading of it. I didn't think I would enjoy an audiobook and for a first, this was a wonderful experience. And what can I say about Emma? Austen might have thought nobody but her would like Emma, but Ms Woodhouse is too charming not to be liked. I do think I would have liked a little more Mr. Knightley, but this was a wonderful story ♡

A perfect book perfectly read

(5 stars)

Richard

This has always been my favourite Jane Austen novel. That’s partly because I’m familiar with many of the locations (I grew up near Box Hill); partly because of the vivacity, wit and wisdom of the narrative and the brilliance and clarity of the prose style; and partly because of the depth and subtlety of the characterisation. All these characters live and stay in the imagination ; the story takes us on a wonderful journey of self discovery; and every chapter is at once captivating, engaging and amusing. The central character is perfect in being so humanly imperfect, so attractive and sympathetic even when she is in error (which she usually is). And the reading is similarly perfect. Elizabeth Klett captures the fluency, vibrancy and bright melody of Austen’s prose and the sheer variety of voices, tones and accents in play here. Thanks to her, a novel that I’ve read more times than I care to remember, and parts of which I know by heart, has been given new life for me. A perfect book given a perfect reading.

(5 stars)

Neko chan

As a Brit I did at first find it strange to have an American accent narrating a Jane Austen novel, but I knew from other works that Elizabeth Klett can produce very fine British accents so I kept listening, and was not disappointed. As soon as the dialogues started, so did the magic! Incredible voices read out with joy, shyness, pomp, sarcasm, worry, odious selfishness - according to whatever character was speaking. Elizabeth Klett is a genuine master of the craft! She brought life to every sentence and made this book an even more wonderful experience than just reading the excellent novel myself. I cannot even imagine how long it must have taken to record this 9+ hour long audiobook so perfectly. A heartfelt thank you to her for making it available to us for free!

(5 stars)

Jesus is Lord

I loved how amazing the reader was. I tend to be kind of picky when it comes to good readers. In my opinion the reader plays into the enjoyment of the audiobook a lot. Elizabeth Klett did an amazing job at giving the different characters different voices. I would highly recommend this to any Jane Austen fan. The story itself was amazing as well! Definitely check it out.

Elizabeth Klett is a marvellous reader

(5 stars)

Ann Mcloughlin

I come back to Prof Klett's versions of the Austen novels time and again. One day I prefer Persuasion, the next Pride and Prejudice. Sometimes the wonderful Mr Tilney and the tongue-in-cheek humour of Northanger jostle forward. But it is indisputable that Ms Austen left us a truly outstanding body of work. Thank you to both creator and narrator!

One of My Favorites

(5 stars)

kd

Wonderful reading of one of my favorite Austen books. It is one of Austen's longest books. Although Emma as a main character is somewhat spoiled and not very perceptive, her vivacity and good intentions all combined to create a lot of humor and fun. Full of satire and liveliness, this book is a joy to listen to multiple times.

Superior reading, technical difficulties

(4 stars)

Elaine Cathcart

An exceptional reading of one of my favorite Jane Austen books. I marked it down one star because it was impossible to go forward and backward without skipping or repeating large portions. At the end of each chapter there was a large amount of empty space. This could be remedied by sliding the bar to the end.