The Complete Novels of Jane Austen 250th Anniversary Edition with Bonus Material, Interviews and More

by Jane Austen, Caroline Jane Knight, Alison Larkin (Narrator)

Hailed by The Times as "Hugely entertaining, marvelously light-footed", in celebration of Jane Austen's 250th anniversary, writer/comedian Alison Larkin brings you an audiobook unlike any other.

Larkin's award-winning narrations of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion are followed by Songs from Regency England, Poems, Stories and Plays by a teenage Jane Austen. Other bonus material includes interviews with Jane Austen fans from all over the world, including Gill Hornby, the bestselling author of Miss Austen, Caroline Jane Knight, Jane Austen's fifth great niece and Susannah Harker (i.e. Jane Bennet in the iconic BBC production of Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth.) After narrating the novels, Larkin brings the listeners with her to Regency Week, where she meets Janeites from Texas and Ireland, visits Jane Austen's house and the church, buys a Regency gown and even attends a Regency Ball.

Exclusively for this Audible edition, Larkin selects and narrates often hilarious Opinions on the novels from Jane Austen's family and friends.

Introduction Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility

Mansfield Park

Emma

Northanger Abbey

Persuasion

Songs from Regency England

Poems

The Teenage Wit and Writing of Jane Austen including "Lesley Castle", "Love and Freindship" (yes, that’s the correct spelling) "A Collection of Letters Scraps", including more letters, "Act One of a Play and A Tale", "The History of England."

Regency Week with Alison Larkin including interviews with Gill Hornby, Susannah Harker, Caroline Jane Knight and many others.

Opinions on the novels from Jane Austen's family and friends.

Audible Audio

Published May 4, 2025

About the author

Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works are an implicit critique of the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her deft use of social commentary, realism and biting irony have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.

The anonymously published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), were a modest success but brought her little fame in her lifetime. She wrote two other novels—Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1817—and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript, the short epistolary novel Lady Susan, and the unfinished novel The Watsons.
Since her death Austen's novels have rarely been out of print. A significant transition in her reputation occurred in 1833, when they were republished in Richard Bentley's Standard Novels series (illustrated by Ferdinand Pickering and sold as a set). They gradually gained wide acclaim and popular readership. In 1869, fifty-two years after her death, her nephew's publication of A Memoir of Jane Austen introduced a compelling version of her writing career and supposedly uneventful life to an eager audience. Her work has inspired a large number of critical essays and has been included in many literary anthologies. Her novels have also inspired many films, including 1940's Pride and Prejudice, 1995's Sense and Sensibility and 2016's Love & Friendship.