Pride and Prejudice
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4.2 • 1K Ratings
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Publisher Description
English actress Kate Beckinsale is the perfect reader for Jane Austen’s brilliant satire-slash-love story.
Very few novels inspire the kind of fanatical devotion that Jane Austen’s Regency-era classic does. Pride and Prejudice follows the inimitable Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters, who are expected to behave in just-so, socially acceptable ways…but that’s not really in the cards. Pride and Prejudice is a witty satire, a family melodrama, and, above all, one of the greatest—and most imitated—love stories in Western literature.
There was no such thing as an audiobook when Jane Austen first published Pride and Prejudice in 1813, but we know that Austen liked to test her novels by reading them out loud to her family. Actress Kate Beckinsale narrates this Apple Books exclusive audiobook of the beloved English novel, which is perfect considering Beckinsale portrayed another Austen heroine in a 1996 movie adaptation of Emma.
Customer Reviews
Cool
The best
New reader
Couldn’t listen to her voice reading this book any longer than about 6 pages
Outstanding—possibly the best.
Possibly one of the best audiobooks I have listened to. The reading is superb, the nuance around particular voices adds to the fabric of the narrative (particularly Bingley’s voice), and though I am familiar with the story; it seemed new again. Terribly well done. Any criticism you read comes from listeners who are, I believe, perhaps less comfortable with a lovely English accent.