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Emma
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Narrated by:
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Jenny Agutter
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By:
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Jane Austen
About this listen
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Emma can be enjoyed as a charming love story, a detective story, and a comic and lively picture of English life 200 years ago.
Austen's beautiful, clever, wilful but fallible heroine Emma Woodhouse believes she knows best. Perfectly content with her life she sees no need for either love or marriage, yet nothing pleases her more than meddling in the romantic lives of others. But when she fails to heed the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and schemes to arrange a suitable match for her protégée, Harriet Smith, her carefully laid plans soon unravel and have consequences that she never expected. She discovers that she understands the feelings of others as little as she does her own heart.
With a cast of unforgettable characters, it is a lively comedy of manners that explores the concerns of genteel women living in Regency times.
Jane Austen was an English writer known primarily for her six major novels which focused on the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Her plots often explore women's dependence on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security.
Narrator Biography
Jenny Agutter began her acting career as a child in 1964's East of Sudan and is well known for appearing in three adaptations of The Railway Children. She starred in the critically acclaimed 1971 film Walkabout as well as receiving a string of Hollywood roles. She won an Emmy for her role in The Snow Goose (1971), as well as a BAFTA for her role in Equus (1997).
More recently she has appeared in several television dramas, including Spooks (2002-2003), and Call the Midwife since 2012. She has performed in numerous theatre productions, including roles with the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has also narrated audiobooks like Dodie Smith’s I Capture the Castle, and featured in the Doctor Who audio dramas inThe Bride of Peladon, and The Minister of Chance. In 2012 she was appointed OBE for her charity work.
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- Laura Baisley
- 10-12-21
Poor narration spoilt it for me
Jenny Agutter is a great actress but she should not do this kind of work. I gave up listening as I felt she just wasn't doing justice to the text.
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- Chloe Rawlings
- 01-08-22
Disappointed
I love Jane Austen, I love Emma and I admire Jenny Agutter; but I was disappointed by her narration. The novel is very dialogue-heavy, with lots of quick-fire wit, and I didn’t think the voices of the characters were sufficiently distinct. At times the read felt laboured and I lost concentration. The Audible versions of Pride & Prejudice and Persuasion were far superior in my view.
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- Ali
- 12-02-25
Not for me
Unfortunately I couldn’t get into it, or find it funny. I appreciate it’s one of the greats but not my cup of tea.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-04-25
Favourite Book
Was lovely to hear my favourite book on audible. Will listen again and have recommended to my mother
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- Angela Kirk
- 31-05-20
Emma- arrangement of chapters
The performance was excellent except if you did not know exactly where you were in the story, because there were quite a lot of different characters interacting, you did not know who the story was referring to without going back. Because the chapters 1-12 bore very little resemblance to the 55 chapters referred to in the text, it was very difficult to know how far to go back to get the context of what you were listening to.
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- Katrina
- 22-09-23
Great read
Loved the narration. Loved the book. This is so good. Highly recommend! 👗 🪭 It was really lovely.
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- Chrysti H
- 22-11-23
Great storytelling from Austen
The narrator didn’t do this story justice. It was difficult to tell the difference between characters, especially if more than 2 characters were conversing. I felt I missed out on a lot of the book because of this.
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- Mr. S. R. Humphreys
- 01-01-24
Witty, captivating story, beautifully read
It has been a delight listening to the Jane Austin stories and this one didn’t disappoint
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- Beanpole
- 24-02-20
Awful reading of decent novel
Too fast. irritating voice and no intonation where it should be and too much where it shouldn't.
I tried and tried to listen but couldn't stand it.
Just re-purchased with Emma Thompson reading - much much better
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-02-18
Beautifully read
Can't fault Jenny Agutter's rendition: she gets the feel, tone and characterisation just right. Very pleased with this version, highly recommended.
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