Emma
Jane Austen's Novels
by Jane Austen, Fiona Stafford
Narrated by Emma Thompson, Joanne Froggatt, Isabella Inchbald, Aisling Loftus, Joseph Millson, Morgana Robinson
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
Emma Thompson leads a full cast that turns Austen's sharpest comedy into something that sounds less like reading and more like eavesdropping.
- Great if you want: Austen with theatrical energy and genuine comedic timing
- Listening experience: brisk and playful — Austen's wit lands harder spoken aloud
- Narration: Thompson anchors a six-voice cast; each character genuinely distinct
- Skip if: you prefer a single narrator's uninterrupted flow
About This Audiobook
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, is convinced that she understands people better than she does, and Jane Austen's most satirically constructed heroine spends much of the novel arranging matches and situations that she believes are good for others while being spectacularly blind to what is happening in her own heart. The Audie Award-winning full-cast production of Emma brings Austen's most accomplished comedy to life with a lineup that includes Emma Thompson, Joanne Froggatt, and Morgana Robinson, restoring the theatrical dimension of a novel that was always fundamentally about performance and self-deception.
Emma Thompson's narration and voice work sets the production's tone, balancing Austen's irony and affection for her characters in equal measure. The full cast gives the novel's dialogue its proper wit and speed, and the Highbury ensemble, which is as carefully constructed as a theatrical company, is rendered with precision and warmth. At just over eight and a half hours, this Emma is one of the finest Austen audio productions available.
