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 - 8:14
3. Harriet Smith Comes Under Emma's Wing - 8:31
4. Harriet Sits For Emma With Mr. Elton In Attendance - 5:46
5. Mr. Knightley Of Donwell Abbey Gives His Advice Concerning Robert Martin - 9:57
6. Emma: 'I Have Very Little Intention Of Ever Marrying At All' - 8:59
7. Mr. And Mrs. John Knightley Of Brunswick Square Arrive At Hartfield - 6:34
8. Plans For A Party At Randalls - 6:38
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 - 6:59
2. News Of Jane Fairfax's Arrival - 5:03
3. The History Of Jane Fairfax - 7:43
4. Emma And Mr. Knightley Converse And Mr. Frank Churchill Of Enscombe Arrives - 7:39
5. Out Walking With Frank Churchill - 7:05
6. An Invitation From The 'Moderately Genteel' Coles - 5:31
7. The Coles' Party - 10:30
8. Out Walking With Harriet - 9:04
9. Frank Churchill Returns To Enscombe - 5:34
10. Mrs. Elton Was First Seen At Church - 9:49

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


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

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


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

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


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

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


1. Fanny Stands Her Ground - 4:33
2. Edmund Returns To Many Surprises - 11:01
3. Miss Crawford Presses Her Brother's Suit - 7:01
4. The Crawfords Depart - 4:22
5. Fanny Returns Home - 7:04
6. A Review Of The Two Houses - 3:36
7. A Surprise Visitor - 5:29
8. Another Appearance - 3:34
9. A Letter From Edmund - 8:22
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 - 5:09
2. They Arrive At Bath And Settle In Pulteney Street - 3:33
3. The First Appearance In The Lower Rooms - 3:18
4. In The Pump-Room, The Next Day - 3:36
5. An Inquiring Eye For Mr Tilney - 1:23
6. Catherine, Isabella, And The Excitement Of Udolpho - 4:43
7. James Morland And John Thorpe - 5:25
8. Dancing In The Upper Rooms - 7:10
9. John Thorpe Makes His Presence Felt - 7:04
10. Catherine Renews Her Acquaintance With Miss Tilney - 9:25
11. More Persuasion From John Thorpe - 7:43
12. Rejected, Dejected And Humbled - 5:01
13. To Walk With Miss Tilney, Or To Join The Thorpes - 5:17
14. A Fellow Admirer Of The Mysteries Of Udolpho - 3:02
15. Surprising News From Isabella - 5:34

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


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

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 - 6:02
2. 17th December 1775 - The Birth Of Jane Austen At Steventon Rectory - 5:30
3. Back Home In Steventon - 3:04
4. Eliza Hancok - The Comtesse de Feuillide - 8:59
5. Tom Lefroy - 1:51
6. Early Writings - 1:58
7. Two Pretty Girls - Jane And Cassandra - 7:19
8. The Dance With Tom Lefroy - 4:09
9. First Impressions, 1797: Declined - 3:57
10. Family Matters, 1798 - 5:46
11. Jane Austen To Bath, 1799 - 3:24
12. 1800-1801 The Move To 4 Sydney Place, Bath - 5:49
13. November 1802 - A Proposal - 2:41
14. Northanger Abbey Finished - 0:51
15. The Death Of Reverend George Austen, Jane's Father, And The Battle Of Trafalgar 1805-1806-7 - Southa - 8:52
16. A Family House Party At Godmersham - 3:59
17. The Death Of Elizabeth Austen - 4:38

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

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