Pride and Prejudice
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Narrated by:
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Indira Varma
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Kristin Atherton - Introduction
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By:
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Jane Austen
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
This Penguin Classic is performed by Indira Varma, who has starred in Luther and Game of Thrones. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Vivien Jones.
When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life.
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- RoMO
- 01-05-23
Brilliant modern interpreted reading.
I have listened to this... my favourite book... read by at least 4 different readers and, forr me, this was way the best. it is read without the over respect for its literary value (which is evident without this) that is present in so many readings. This made it sound current and modern... as it was when it was written!
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- lyn
- 23-01-22
I enjoyed and have left it too long to read
i am very pleased I took the time to listen. I really enjoyed listening to it.
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- Pamela Kulaszewski
- 16-11-21
My favourite novel, beautifully narrated
Some consider Pride and Prejudice to be the greatest novel in the English canon, I am one of those. I had not thought it possible to enjoy this novel more than I already do, but I was wrong, Indira Varma's narration was practically perfect. A masterpiece, narrated by a master of an actor.
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- ms stephanie d fallows
- 29-10-20
Perfect narration
I have always known the story, read the book - years ago, seen the film. But, finally I have taken the time to listen.....& listen properly. I'm desperately sad to have finished this and desperately sad that Indira Varma hasn't recorded everything that Jane Austen wrote, P&P was perfection and the narration was perfection. Please persuade (deliberate pun) her to do another one, or better still, all of them.
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- Devonian
- 21-11-21
Narration Falls Short
I have to disagree with the other reviews: for me, the narration lacks differentiation between characters; expression is sporadic and sometimes lacklustre, and some parts felt as though Varma had grown tired of the story e.g., when Jane reads the letter from Caroline Bingley to say the whole party has gone away (I returned the audiobook at this point).
There are far better versions out there: my favourite being the 2003 unabridged recording by Joanna David (Mrs Gardiner in the 2005 BBC TV adaptation) which is sadly only available on CD as Audible just has the abridged version. The Emilia Fox recording is excellent as is the Lindsay Duncan.
If you want a more modern sounding Pride and prejudice you may like this. If, like me, you want to feel transported back in time to the late 1700s then my advice would be to try another recording.
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