AUSTEN: The Jane Austen Collection, Vol. 1 (10CDs)

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Emma (more info)
Composed by: Jane Austen
Juliet Stevenson, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Emma Woodhouse Of Hartfield - Handsome, Clever, Rich And Nearly 21 - 10:57
2. Mr. Weston Of Randalls, Widower And Father - 08:14
3. Harriet Smith Comes Under Emma's Wing - 08:31
4. Harriet Sits For Emma With Mr. Elton In Attendance - 05:46
5. Mr. Knightley Of Donwell Abbey Gives His Advice Concerning Robert Martin - 09:57
6. Emma: 'I Have Very Little Intention Of Ever Marrying At All' - 08:59
7. Mr. And Mrs. John Knightley Of Brunswick Square Arrive At Hartfield - 06:34
8. Plans For A Party At Randalls - 06:38
9. The Carriages Arrive - Emma And Mr. Fulton Leave Together - 13:02

Emma (more info)
Composed by: Jane Austen
Juliet Stevenson, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Emma Regrets Her Match-Making - 06:59
2. News Of Jane Fairfax's Arrival - 05:03
3. The History Of Jane Fairfax - 07:43
4. Emma And Mr. Knightley Converse And Mr. Frank Churchill Of Enscombe Arrives - 07:39
5. Out Walking With Frank Churchill - 07:05
6. An Invitation From The 'Moderately Genteel' Coles - 05:31
7. The Coles' Party - 10:30
8. Out Walking With Harriet - 09:04
9. Frank Churchill Returns To Enscombe - 05:34
10. Mrs. Elton Was First Seen At Church - 09:49

Emma (more info)
Composed by: Jane Austen
Juliet Stevenson, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. A Dinner Party At Hartfield For The Eltons - 07:21
2. Emma Meets Frank Churchill Again - 11:41
3. A Game Of Alphabets - 06:20
4. Strawberries At Mr. Knightley's Donwell Abbey - 07:12
5. Mr Knightley Takes Emma To Task - 12:33
6. Mr. Knightley Takes His Leave - 04:59
7. Surprising News Of A Forthcoming Marriage - 06:47
8. More Confusion For Emma - 05:34
9. Emma With Mr. Knightley In The Shrubbery - 09:34

Mansfield Park (more info)
Composed by: Jane Austen
Juliet Stevenson, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Sir Thomas Bertram Of Mansfield Park - 07:58
2. Fanny Price Comes To Mansfield Park - 09:07
3. The Death Of Mr. Norris - 09:24
4. Mr. And Miss Crawford Arrive - 06:27
5. Mr. Rushworth Aims His Attention At Miss Bertram - 04:11
6. Edmund Bertram Offers His Mare To Miss Crawford - 10:03
7. The Party Arrives At Sotherton - 07:47
8. Fanny Is Left On Her Own - 08:11
9. Fanny's First Ball - 11:06
10. The Play - Lover's Vows - 05:08

Mansfield Park (more info)
Composed by: Jane Austen
Juliet Stevenson, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Fanny - An Actress? - 06:01
2. Preparations For The Play Progress - 05:57
3. 'You Will Find Fanny Everything You Could Wish' - 08:26
4. Fanny - The Only Young Woman In The Drawing-Room - 05:06
5. Crawford's Barouche - 05:14
6. Henry Crawford Plots A Diversion - 05:21
7. Crawford Presses His Attentions - 06:09
8. Jewellery For A Ball - 13:35
9. The Day Of The Ball - 07:26
10. Tranquility And Vexation After The Ball - 04:18
11. Henry Crawford Returns To Mansfield Park - 07:51
12. Sir Thomas Intervenes - 03:57

Mansfield Park (more info)
Composed by: Jane Austen
Juliet Stevenson, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Fanny Stands Her Ground - 04:33
2. Edmund Returns To Many Surprises - 11:01
3. Miss Crawford Presses Her Brother's Suit - 07:01
4. The Crawfords Depart - 04:22
5. Fanny Returns Home - 07:04
6. A Review Of The Two Houses - 03:36
7. A Surprise Visitor - 05:29
8. Another Appearance - 03:34
9. A Letter From Edmund - 08:22
10. Edmund Comes - 10:11
11. A Happy Conclusion - 12:33

Northanger Abbey (more info)
Composed by: Jane Austen
Juliet Stevenson, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Catherine Morland, The Daughter Of A Clergyman - 05:09
2. They Arrive At Bath And Settle In Pulteney Street - 03:33
3. The First Appearance In The Lower Rooms - 03:18
4. In The Pump-Room, The Next Day - 03:36
5. An Inquiring Eye For Mr Tilney - 01:23
6. Catherine, Isabella, And The Excitement Of Udolpho - 04:43
7. James Morland And John Thorpe - 05:25
8. Dancing In The Upper Rooms - 07:10
9. John Thorpe Makes His Presence Felt - 07:04
10. Catherine Renews Her Acquaintance With Miss Tilney - 09:25
11. More Persuasion From John Thorpe - 07:43
12. Rejected, Dejected And Humbled - 05:01
13. To Walk With Miss Tilney, Or To Join The Thorpes - 05:17
14. A Fellow Admirer Of The Mysteries Of Udolpho - 03:02
15. Surprising News From Isabella - 05:34

Northanger Abbey (more info)
Composed by: Jane Austen
Juliet Stevenson, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. A Hopeful Letter - 04:18
2. More Conflict Between The Tilneys And The Thorpes - 07:44
3. A Wonderful Invitation - 03:01
4. An Unwelcome Suit - 02:13
5. In The Curricle With Henry - 08:46
6. Wild Imaginings In Northanger Abbey - 07:36
7. The First Day At The Abbey - 05:56
8. A Tour Of The House - 03:47
9. An Attempt On The Forbidden Door - 05:43
10. The Anxieties Of Common Life - 04:02
11. A Letter From Isabella - 06:49
12. A Heroine Returning To Her Native Village - 03:05
13. Despair And Unutterable Happiness - 08:09
14. Be A Fool If You Like! - 03:55

Biography of Jane Austen (more info)
Composed by: Elizabeth Jenkins
Teresa Gallagher, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. The 18th Century And The Austen Home - 06:02
2. 17th December 1775 - The Birth Of Jane Austen At Steventon Rectory - 05:30
3. Back Home In Steventon - 03:04
4. Eliza Hancok - The Comtesse de Feuillide - 08:59
5. Tom Lefroy - 01:51
6. Early Writings - 01:58
7. Two Pretty Girls - Jane And Cassandra - 07:19
8. The Dance With Tom Lefroy - 04:09
9. First Impressions, 1797: Declined - 03:57
10. Family Matters, 1798 - 05:46
11. Jane Austen To Bath, 1799 - 03:24
12. 1800-1801 The Move To 4 Sydney Place, Bath - 05:49
13. November 1802 - A Proposal - 02:41
14. Northanger Abbey Finished - 00:51
15. The Death Of Reverend George Austen, Jane's Father, And The Battle Of Trafalgar 1805-1806-7 - Southa - 08:52
16. A Family House Party At Godmersham - 03:59
17. The Death Of Elizabeth Austen - 04:38

Biography of Jane Austen (more info)
Composed by: Elizabeth Jenkins
Teresa Gallagher, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1. Northanger Abbey - A Publisher Declines To Publish - 01:31
2. 1809 - Arrival At Chawton Cottage, Hampshire - 05:20
3. Back To Writing - 02:34
4. The Publication Of Sense And Sensibility By Thomas Egerton 1811 - 02:55
5. Pride And Prejudice Re-Written And Published - 'By The Author Of Sense And Sensibility' 1813 - 04:42
6. Mansfield Park In Progress And Published In 1814 - 05:00
7. Emma - And Matchmaking Advice - 08:47
8. 1816 - Emma Finished - 04:10
9. Henry's Illness And A Royal Admirer - 07:01
10. A Sixth Novel - But Ill-Health Commences - 05:36
11. Persuasion - And Family Life - 06:11
12. Fanny In A 'Perplexity' - 06:46
13. The Will Of Mr Leigh Perrot - 02:55
14. Another Relapse And A Move To Winchester - 04:37
15. 17-18 July 1817 - The Death Of Jane Austen At 8 College Street, Winchester - 03:22

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