Audiobooks Like Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen Collection)

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Emma Thompson leads the ensemble cast of this Northanger Abbey with a crisp comic authority that suits Austen's most overtly satirical novel — her timing on the self-aware Gothic jokes is precise, and the supporting cast of Douglas Booth, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ella Purnell, Jeremy Irvine, and Lily Cole keeps the Regency social choreography lively across a lean six-hour runtime. Most of the titles here share that same theatrical production quality, landing in a similar length where Austen's wit doesn't need to be stretched, with a thread of classic literary prestige running through them.

10 audiobooks for fans of Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen Collection)

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    The Jane Austen Collection

    by Jane Austen

    Narrated by Claire Foy, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Billie Piper, Florence Pugh, Emma Thompson

    4.55 ABR Score (6.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.59 Goodreads (2.9K) ★ 4.77 Audible (3.5K)
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    Pride and Prejudice

    by Jane Austen, Lulu Raczka

    Narrated by Marisa Abela, Harris Dickinson, Glenn Close, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bill Nighy, Sophie Wilde, Will Poulter, Jessie Buckley, Toheeb Jimoh, Patricia Allison, Bertie Carvel, Leah Harvey, David Gyasi, Rosalind Eleazar, full cast

    4.57 ABR Score (9.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.83 Audible (6.1K)
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    Austen's marriage comedy gets full-cast treatment with an impressive ensemble including Glenn Close, Bill Nighy, and rising stars bringing fresh energy.

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    Sense and Sensibility: Jane Austen's Timeless Romance for Teens About Sisterhood, Passion, and Love

    by Jane Austen

    Narrated by Juliet Stevenson

    4.48 ABR Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.67 Audible (3.6K)
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    Two sisters with opposite hearts, two kinds of heartbreak. Stevenson's narration transforms Austen's wit and pain into something you can't stop listening to.

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    Lady Susan:(Jane Austen Collection)

    by Jane Austen, Larvae Editions

    Narrated by Harriet Walter, Kim Hicks

    3.83 ABR Score (54.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.66 Goodreads (54.1K) ★ 4.31 Audible (138)
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    The novella where Austen stops being polite: Lady Susan's wit and schemes, narrated by Harriet Walter in 2.5 perfectly acidic hours.

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    Emma

    by Jane Austen

    Narrated by Juliet Stevenson

    4.35 ABR Score (4.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.59 Audible (4.4K)
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    Jane Austen: The BBC Radio Drama Collection

    by Jane Austen, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Tennant, Julia McKenzie, Juliet Stephenson, Eve Best, Jenny Agutter

    Narrated by Julia McKenzie, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliet Stevenson, Eve Best, Jenny Agutter, Toby Jones, full cast, David Tennant

    4.17 ABR Score (3.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.28 Goodreads (613) ★ 4.56 Audible (2.4K)
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    All six Austen novels performed as BBC radio drama by ensemble casts that make period literature feel as immediate as contemporary fiction.

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    I Must Betray You

    by Ruta Sepetys

    Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Ruta Sepetys

    4.56 ABR Score (103.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.4 Goodreads (101.3K) ★ 4.77 Audible (1.7K)
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    Ballerini's dual narration captures the suffocating paranoia of Cold War Romania so viscerally you'll feel the weight of every impossible choice Cristian makes. A gripping true-stakes thriller about resistance that refuses easy heroics.

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    The Turn of the Screw

    by Joseph Cowley

    Narrated by Emma Thompson, Richard Armitage - introduction

    3.62 ABR Score (188.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.38 Goodreads (182.3K) ★ 3.95 Audible (5.7K)
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    Emma Thompson's narration adds layers of uncertainty to this Victorian ghost story, making every supernatural encounter feel both real and possibly imagined.

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    Alanna: The First Adventure

    Tortall • Book 4

    by Tamora Pierce

    Narrated by Trini Alvarado

    4.53 ABR Score (139.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.27 Goodreads (137.2K) ★ 4.74 Audible (2.5K)
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    Twin siblings swap destinies — Alanna disguises herself as a boy to become a knight while Thom pursues magic. Alvarado brings youthful energy to this classic tale of a girl defying medieval gender expectations.

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    The Body

    by Robin Waterfield, Stephen King

    Narrated by Wil Wheaton

    4.52 ABR Score (45.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (45.7K)
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    King's coming-of-age tale about four boys searching for a dead body captures the raw terror and wonder of childhood friendships on the brink of dissolving.

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