Best Jane Austen Audiobooks

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6 audiobooks in collection
4.35 avg ABR rating
Literature & Fiction, Romance

Best Jane Austen Audiobooks

  1. 1
    Pride and Prejudice cover

    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

    A full-cast production with Bill Nighy, Glenn Close, and Jessie Buckley that transforms Austen's wit into a genuinely dramatic audioplay—four and a half hours that feel essential.

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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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    Emma cover

    Emma

    Jane Austen's Novels

    by Jane Austen, Fiona Stafford

    Narrated by Emma Thompson, Joanne Froggatt, Isabella Inchbald, Aisling Loftus, Joseph Millson, Morgana Robinson

    4.39 ABR Score (1.0M ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (994.8K) ★ 4.47 Audible (21.9K)
    8h 21m listening time • Released 2018

    An Audie-winning full-cast production led by Emma Thompson turns Austen's sharpest comedy into something closer to theater than audiobook.

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    Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen Collection) cover

    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
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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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    Pride and Prejudice cover

    Pride and Prejudice

    by Jane Austen

    Narrated by Alex Jennings

    4.15 ABR Score (4.9M ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (4.9M) ★ 3.5 Audible (2)
    4h 49m listening time • Released 2011

All Jane Austen Audiobooks (6)

Jane Austen's Novels (3)

Emma narrated by Emma Thompson, Joanne Froggatt, Isabella Inchbald, Aisling Loftus, Joseph Millson, Morgana Robinson
4.05 8h 21m
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen Collection) narrated by Emma Thompson, Douglas Booth, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ella Purnell, Jeremy Irvine, Lily Cole
3.85 6h 6m
Mansfield Park narrated by Frances Barber
3.86 14h 45m

Standalone Titles (3)

Pride and Prejudice 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
4.36 4h 34m
Persuasion narrated by Juliet Stevenson
4.15 8h 43m
Pride and Prejudice narrated by Alex Jennings
4.30 4h 49m