TrackChapterLength
01Chapter 0114:19
02Chapter 0210:40
03Chapter 0314:19
04Chapter 0410:10
05Chapter 0516:31
06Chapter 0618:32
07Chapter 0716:34
08Chapter 0815:55
09Chapter 0914:05
10Chapter 1019:52
11Chapter 1116:22
12Chapter 12 Part 114:30
13Chapter 12 Part 214:58
14Chapter 1313:53
15Chapter 1412:42
16Chapter 1514:23
17Chapter 1613:17
18Chapter 1718:44
19Chapter 1819:49
20Chapter 1912:47
21Chapter 2018:59
22Chapter 21 Part 118:46
23Chapter 21 Part 218:40
24Chapter 22 Part 115:48
25Chapter 22 Part 215:02
26Chapter 23 Part 114:46
27Chapter 23 Part 220:33
28Chapter 248:43

Notes
Running Time: 7 hours 14 minutes
Read by: Karen Savage
Book Coordinator: Karen Savage    
Meta Coordinator: Karen Savage    
Proof Listener: HeartofTexas

Artwork
Cover: Painting of young woman in profile by Francois Boucher (1703-1770).
DVD Inset:Illustration from Ch. 20 of Persuasion by C.E. Brock
DVD Inset: Colorized versionof the posthumous engraving of Austen published in the 1869-70 Memoir.
DVD Insert art: Illustration from Persuasion chapter 23 : Captain Wentworth is showing his letter to Anne, “with eyes eyes of glowing entreaty fixed on her” 1898 C. E. Brock.

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Jane Austen completed her last novel, Persuasion, in 1816, the year before her death in 1817 at the age of 41. Had Austen lived longer and continued to write her magnificent novels, Persuasion might be considered a transition point in thematic development. The rules of lives lived in high society, unwritten, even unspoken, by the august members of Great Britain’s upper-crust (even the upper-crust of the lovely though out-of-the way town of Bath) just before the beginning of Victoria’s long reign were a game of sorts and remain so even today. And, like any game, playing in accord with the rules—bending them, breaking them—can be a delightful past time, especially when the activities result in fulfilling a character’s desires. But happy endings are not a given in life or in literature and, if won, can prove in the end to be hard won. Persuasion allows for a less charitable view of that same game and those same rules, as it is steeped in the snobbery of the fatuous lives of those who have nothing better to do than to keep score. In contrast to this hermetically sealed society, Austen presents the breadth and breath of life by looking beyond the short horizons of Bath to the daring, brilliant and courageous efforts of the men of the Royal British Navy at the dawn of its golden age. Ultimately, Anne Elliot, the novel’s heroine, finds happiness with the love of her heart, an ending to a complex story that lays bare some of the less attractive virtues attendant to a world view where status, real or imagined, deserved or (more likely) not, clings to primacy and rules all. (Summary by Michael Hogan)


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EAN - DVD case 0684758936073
EAN - CD jacket 0686175923247
Media MP3 CD
Package DVD case, CD jacket, CD security sleeve, download
Author Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
Year 1817
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Read by Karen Savage
Length 7 hours 14 minutes
Type of Reading Solo

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