LADY SUSAN (A Dramatic Reading) by Jane Austen 2 Audio CD English Unabridged

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Lady Susan
by Jane Austen
(A Dramatic Reading)
2 Audio CD
... actors present dramatic readings of narrative material without costumes, props, scenery, or special lighting. Actors use only vocal expression to help the audience understand the story. Readers theater is also known as "theater of the mind", "interpreters theater", and "story theater" and performances might be called "reading hours" or "play readings"...adapted from Wikipedia
Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in Lady Susan, which she wrote in 1795 but never published.
Although the primary focus of this short novel is the selfish behavior of Lady Susan as she engages in affairs and searches for suitable husbands for herself and her young daughter, the actual action shares its importance with Austen’s manipulation of her characters' behavior by means of their reactions to the letters that they receive.
The heroine adds additional interest by altering the tone of her own letters based on the recipient of the letter. Thus, the character of Lady Susan is developed through many branches as Austen suggests complications of identity and the way in which that identity is based on interaction rather than on solitary constructions of personality. Lady Susan’s character is also built by the descriptions of the other letter-writers; but even though their opinions of this heroine coincide with the image that develops from her own letters, Austen demonstrates the subjectivity of the opinions by presenting them – primarily – in the letters of one woman to another, thereby suggesting the established literary motifs of feminine gossip and jealousy. Readers recognize these subjective motifs and examine all of the idiosyncrasies of the characters in order to create their own opinion of Lady Susan – as they would of any real acquaintance. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Read by Cast:
Lady Susan Vernon – Kristin Hughes
Mrs. Vernon – rachel ellen
Mr. De Courcy – Patrick Beverley
Mrs. Johnson – Kirsten Ferreri
Sir Reginald De Courcy – Simon Taylor
Lady De Courcy – Gesine
Miss Vernon – Kara Shallenberg
Narrator of the Conclusion – Justin Barrett
Intros/outros – Robert Scott
Approx. Play Time: 2 hours 27 minutes
more audiobooks by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
Persuasion
Northanger Abbey
Mansfield Park
The Watsons
Lady Susan
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