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Northanger Abbey

An Audible Original Drama

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Northanger Abbey

By: Jane Austen, Anna Lea - adaptation
Narrated by: Emma Thompson, Douglas Booth, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ella Purnell, Jeremy Irvine, Lily Cole
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A coming-of-age tale for the young and naïve 17-year-old Catherine Morland, Northanger Abbey takes a decidedly comical look at themes of class, family, love and literature. Revelling in the sensationalist - and extremely popular - Gothic fiction of her day, the story follows Catherine out of Bath to the lofty manor of the Tilneys, where her overactive imagination gets to work constructing an absurd and melodramatic explanation for the death of Mrs Tilney, which threatens to jeopardise her newly forged friendships.

This Audible Originals production of Northanger Abbey stars Emma Thompson (Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy and BAFTA winner, Love Actually, Harry Potter, Sense and Sensibility), Lily Cole (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Snow White and the Huntsman, St. Trinian's), Douglas Booth (Noah, Great Expectations, The Riot Club), Jeremy Irvine (Warhorse, The Railway Man, Now Is Good), Eleanor Tomlinson (Poldark, The Illusionist, Alice in Wonderland) and Ella Purnell (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Never Let Me Go, Kick-Ass 2), amongst others.

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Critic reviews

"Impressive." ( Harper's Bazaar)
"This new production marries the author's wit, charm and dry humour with performances from some of the UK's leading actors." ( Psychologies)
"A wonderful new dramatisation." ( The Times)
"Emma Thompson leads a large, glitzy cast." ( Economist)

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Witty Satire • Engaging Characters • Excellent Voice Acting • Clever Dialogue • Gothic Parody • Humorous Commentary
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Every Jane Austin is my favorite. I go back to listen to each repeatedly. I must admit I did not adequately appreciate the wry humor of Northanger Abbey until listening to this production. It may now be my favorite.

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Emma Thompson's narration of Catherine's wild thoughts as she's freaking-out in Northanger Abbey is perfect. In fact, after hearing this version, it will be difficult for my freaking-out inner-voice to not be Emma Thompson's. I'm quite okay with that, actually.

The freaking-out inner-voice

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Love this book and the adaptation ❤️ The people that were chosen for each part was amazing.

Love this Jake Austen Book !!

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Jane Austen and Emma Thompson are a perfect pair and I can't recommend this audiobook enough.

Pure delight

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I’m so glad some of the more finicky reviews didn’t deter me from listening to this. I thought everyone did a good job, John Thorp’s character literally made me laugh out loud. I wasn’t put off by the added background noise at all, listening to the audio book via headphones, the background really added a nice touch to the whole experience. I would definitely recommend this!

I loved it!!

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Great casting. Nice take on Henry. Father northanger is not overacted I am relieved to report. Nice comic tone on the overactive imagination of Katherine. I liked it.💚

Excellent

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As always, the full book is better, but they got the gist very well. This is my favorite lesser known Austen novel and the dramatization did not disappoint.

Great dramatization

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it was wonderful and such another wonderful Austenian novel! I finished it in three days!

Beautiful!

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such a pleasure to listen to. it was wondering hearing the multiple characters being portrayed.

Love

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Enjoyable, funny, witty, not overly long. If you like other Jane Austen books, you'll like it.

Great characters!

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