Best Jane Austen Audiobooks

Best Jane Austen Audiobooks

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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)

   4h 34m listening time • Released 2025

   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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   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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   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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   Persuasion

   by Jane Austen, Deidre Shauna Lynch, James Kinsley

   Narrated by Juliet Stevenson

   ★ 4.49 ABR Score (792.9K ratings)

   ★ 4.15 Goodreads (786.9K) ★ 4.65 Audible (6.0K)

   8h 43m listening time • Released 2006

   Juliet Stevenson brings Austen's most emotionally mature heroine to life with restraint and warmth that makes every quiet moment ache.

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   Juliet Stevenson brings Austen's most emotionally mature heroine to life with restraint and warmth that makes every quiet moment ache.

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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)

   12h 43m listening time • Released 2004

   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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   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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   Emma

   by Jane Austen

   Narrated by Juliet Stevenson

   ★ 4.35 ABR Score (4.4K ratings)

   ★ 4.59 Audible (4.4K)

   16h 39m listening time • Released 2008

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   Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen Collection)

   Jane Austen's Novels

   by Jane Austen

   Narrated by Emma Thompson, Douglas Booth, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ella Purnell, Jeremy Irvine, Lily Cole

   ★ 4.29 ABR Score (465.4K ratings)

   ★ 3.85 Goodreads (459.4K) ★ 4.54 Audible (6.0K)

   6h 6m listening time • Released 2017

   Catherine Morland's Gothic novel obsession leads to hilarious misunderstandings when she visits the Tilney family estate. The full-cast recording featuring Emma Thompson and others captures Austen's wit and Catherine's melodramatic imagination perfectly through distinct character voices.

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   Catherine Morland's Gothic novel obsession leads to hilarious misunderstandings when she visits the Tilney family estate. The full-cast recording featuring Emma Thompson and others captures Austen's wit and Catherine's melodramatic imagination perfectly through distinct character voices.

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   Mansfield Park

   Jane Austen's Novels

   by Jane Austen

   Narrated by Frances Barber

   ★ 4.24 ABR Score (386.0K ratings)

   ★ 3.86 Goodreads (382.8K) ★ 4.52 Audible (3.2K)

   14h 45m listening time • Released 2008

   Frances Barber brings sharp wit to Austen's most underrated heroine, making Fanny Price's quiet strength feel radical rather than passive.

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   Frances Barber brings sharp wit to Austen's most underrated heroine, making Fanny Price's quiet strength feel radical rather than passive.

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   Pride and Prejudice, Annotated

   by Jane Austen

   Narrated by NM Few

   ★ 4.19 ABR Score (4.9M ratings)

   ★ 4.3 Goodreads (4.9M) ★ 4.71 Audible (7)

   12h 9m listening time • Released 2023

   NM Few won the 2026 Audie Award for this narration. She captures Elizabeth's razor-sharp wit and the slow-burn romance with perfect comedic timing.

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   NM Few won the 2026 Audie Award for this narration. She captures Elizabeth's razor-sharp wit and the slow-burn romance with perfect comedic timing.

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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)

   14h 27m listening time • Released 2016

   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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   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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    Pride and Prejudice

    by Jane Austen

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    ★ 4.13 ABR Score (4.9M ratings)

    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (4.9M) ★ 3.5 Audible (2)

    4h 49m listening time • Released 2011

    Alex Jennings navigates Austen's razor-sharp social commentary with perfect comic timing, making every cutting observation land with maximum impact.

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    Alex Jennings navigates Austen's razor-sharp social commentary with perfect comic timing, making every cutting observation land with maximum impact.

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    Emma

    by Jane Austen, Fiona Stafford

    Narrated by Beth Kesler

    ★ 4.02 ABR Score (997.1K ratings)

    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (997.1K) ★ 4 Audible (16)

    15h 53m listening time • Released 2019

    Beth Kesler's narration brings Emma's razor wit and buried vanity into focus. An Audie Award-winning performance that reminds you why this book still cuts.

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    Beth Kesler's narration brings Emma's razor wit and buried vanity into focus. An Audie Award-winning performance that reminds you why this book still cuts.

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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)

    2h 30m listening time • Released 2002

    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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    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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