Emma [Dramatization - BBC Radio]
by Jane Austen
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The funny and heartwarming story of a young lady whose zeal, snobbishness and self-satisfaction lead to several errors in judgment.Tags
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I found this audio drama an easy way to enjoy Jane Austen’s Emma. The production sounds a touch dated but I like how the script uses narration to bridge scenes of dialogues, and after an hour (of roughly 5.2 hours) I warmed to this. The 3.5⭐ is for this audiobook’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, starring Angharad Rees.
This BBC Radio presentation is a superb dramatization of Jane Austen's class novel. It is not narrated, nor is it the novel itself. Rather, it is an extended, radio play, a dramatization with a full cast of distinctive characters. The story is presented primarily through conversations between the various characters, with just enough narration to help the reader along. The voices are supplemented with sound effects of all kinds, as well as classical music at interludes between parts of the story. The voices are highly distinctive, so much that the listener needs no reminder as to who is who. Some familiarity with the story would be helpful but not essential. However, this work will mainly be appreciated by readers who have known and show more loved "Emma", and want to relive the experience of Austen's book with a playful, audio version. I am deeply impressed with this work, as with the other BBC radio dramatizations that I have listened to. show less
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Jane Austen's life is striking for the contrast between the great works she wrote in secret and the outward appearance of being quite dull and ordinary. Austen was born in the small English town of Steventon in Hampshire, and educated at home by her clergyman father. She was deeply devoted to her family. For a short time, the Austens lived in the show more resort city of Bath, but when her father died, they returned to Steventon, where Austen lived until her death at the age of 41. Austen was drawn to literature early, she began writing novels that satirized both the writers and the manners of the 1790's. Her sharp sense of humor and keen eye for the ridiculous in human behavior gave her works lasting appeal. She is at her best in such books as Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), in which she examines and often ridicules the behavior of small groups of middle-class characters. Austen relies heavily on conversations among her characters to reveal their personalities, and at times her novels read almost like plays. Several of them have, in fact, been made into films. She is considered to be one of the most beloved British authors. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Emma [Dramatization - BBC Radio]
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