A to Z Book Review: The Jane Austen Collection

I suppose I should retitle this post as “A To Z Books Review” since my letter “J” pick was the Jane Austen Collection on Audible. This is an Audible original, so it’s free if you have the subscription and well worth the money if you don’t.

With A-list actor narrators like Emma Thompson, Billie Piper, and Florence Pugh (to name a few), this collection sparkles with wit and beautiful performances. I have been making my way through it off and on since February, and each time I sink into it, it’s like pouring myself a cup of tea and settling down in a reading nook with a window view of the beautiful English countryside. You can practically smell the flowers and feel your corset. It’s just lovely.

The set contains all your favorites: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. Of special note is the fact that the narrators are exactly that. They narrate the story and the action, but each book has a cast of amazing actors voicing the characters. The Theatre girl in me was in heaven. This will be a treasured re-read (or more accurately, a re-listen) for years to come.