Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen (Full Classic Novel Audiobook)

[myrarucker]

What a beautiful reading. I do hope I will find the reader in other recordings. Her interpretation was absolutely imperative to my envisioning this beautiful story. Thank you.

[nobirahim]

Northanger Abbey timings

Chapter 1 - 1:17
Chapter 2 - 11:36
Chapter 3 - 26:25
Chapter 4 - 38:29
Chapter 5 - 47:33
Chapter 6 - 56:25
Chapter 7 - 1:07:14
Chapter 8 - 1:25:29
Chapter 9 - 1:43:01
Chapter 10 - 2:04:53
Chapter 11 - 2:30:26
Chapter 12 - 2:50:19
Chapter 13 - 3:03:56
Chapter 14 - 3:24:51
Chapter 15 - 3:47:45
Chapter 16 - 4:09:31
Chapter 17 - 4:28:03
Chapter 18 - 4:38:09
Chapter 19 - 4:52:20
Chapter 20 - 5:03:35
Chapter 21 - 5:26:14
Chapter 22 - 5:48:07
Chapter 23 - 6:12:04
Chapter 24 - 6:30:37
Chapter 25 - 6:52:12
Chapter 26 - 7:14:49
Chapter 27 - 7:32:51
Chapter 28 - 7:41:57
Chapter 29 - 8:07:22
Chapter 30 - 8:31:37
Chapter 31 - 8:52:44

[cheriecashman]

I loved the audio read! I look for long stories that I have read. I play them at night and lose sleep especially when the reader is so excellent as this effort. Thank you so much. It has been raining for hours as a perfect accompaniment for an English novel.

[crystalheart]

I've just started listening to this audio book and the person reading has such a great voice and is reading in a calm slow way that is so pleasing and relaxing. I was on another channel and the person was reading the book so fast I had to concentrate to keep up with what they were saying. Also my hearing is poor and it's difficult for me to understand some words especially if there is an accent involved so I appreciate the cc being on this as well. I'm going to sit back and enjoy this audiobook💖

[vizveebee]

Innocent, yet judgemental Catherine could not discern the malignity in Isabella and brother, yet through her novel-reading, was quick to erroneously judge the unfortunately dispositioned father of her other friends. I love this clever demonstration of the moral in this story.

[Amy-kywr]

I know it's not generally thought Jane Austen's best, still I think it's the book of hers that I'm fondest of.
I also love the film with Felicity Jones - again, didn't win any Oscars (don't think it was aiming to) but one of my favourite films.

[MLE]

Lovely voice - beautifully narrated. Perfect for the story.

[ellie]

Chapter 1 1:15
Introducing our heroine

Chapter 2 11:36
Bath and the first ball

Chapter 3 26:24
Catherine meets Mr Tilney

Chapter 4 38:28
The Thorpes arrive

Chapter 5 47:32
in which novel reading and novel writing is defended

Chapter 6 56:24
Talk of Udolpho

Chapter 7 1:07:14
We meet John Thorpe

Chapter 8 1:25:27
Ball at the Upper Rooms

Chapter 9 1:43:02
A ride out with John Thorpe

Chapter 10 2:04:52
General Tilney arrives

Chapter 11 2:30:25
Ride out to Blaise Castle...?

Chapter 12 2:50:17
A trip to the theatre

Chapter 13 3:03:55
Another proposed trip to Clifton...

Chapter 14 3:24:50
A walk with the Tilneys

Chapter 15 3:47:42
Talk of marriage

End of Volume 1

Chapter 16 4:09:31
Isabella's inconstancy

Chapter 17 4:28:03
An invitation

Chapter 18 4:38:10
A misunderstanding

Chapter 19 4:52:18
Discussion of Frederick Tilney

Chapter 20 5:03:35
Journey to the Abbey

Chapter 21 5:26:14
First night at Northanger

Chapter 22 5:48:06
A long talk with Eleanor

Chapter 23 6:12:03
A tour of the Abbey

Chapter 24 6:30:37
Catherine looks into Mrs Tilney's room

Chapter 25 6:52:09
Catherine receives a letter

Chapter 26 7:14:49
Visit to Woodston

Chapter 27 7:32:48
A letter from Isabella

Chapter 28 7:41:57
General Tilney goes to London

Chapter 29 8:07:20
Catherine returns to Fullerton

Chapter 30 8:31:33
Fullerton receives a visitor

Chapter 31 8:52:40

End of Volume 2
End of Northanger Abbey

n.b. the brief chapter descriptions are mine, they are not part of the original work

[nblumer]

Read the Mysteries of Udolpho first and then this book and you'll be laughing your way through the latter. Northanger Abbey is a comical satire of the influence of the shallow "Gothic Novel" - most evidently the Mysteries of Udolpho, the protagonist's favorite book (I love this book's suspense but there is admittedly a lot to ridicule about it). Austen seems determined to prove that the merits of the gothic novel were not sacrosanct and above parody and burlesque. No character is spared Mansfield's satirical bite in Northanger Abbey, except perhaps Henry. We may think her aim is mostly directed at Isabelle, James, John, and General Tilney, but I think a closer read will indicate the naive, impressionable, heroine, Catherine is mocked the most. Her inflated descriptions of the Abbey and presumptuous character judgments are constantly referenced to the descriptions and characters she'd read about in books (assumedly gothic novels). It is not easy to satirize a protagonist - we tend to resist it, so I guess we can partially understand why the publisher resisted putting Northanger Abbey to market. In most of her novels, including this one, Austen, unfortunately, has to tidy up her satire at the end with stereotypical endings but you can't help but think that if she was given a freer reign, her novels would be far more subversive.

[emmtea]

A lovely reading of this beautiful, wise, and witty Austen novel. Thank you!

[poetryjones]

Excellent reader, thank you so so much! 🙏🏼

[archie]

Lovely voice, but shouldn't "Magdalen Bridge" (in Oxford) be pronounced "Maudlin Bridge" because named after the college, unlike the church (& street named after it)?

[anabellafl]

Thank you so much! I enjoyed reading along. Her voice and accent are beautiful. Xoxo from Argentkina.

[kittyjanssen]

Great reading ❤it so ty very much appreciated ⚘

[Donna-cckt]

When a written word needed close listening?💕

[MissHellblazer]

58:59 Bookmark to check if These Booka really exists. 6.39.19

[Nina]

Narrators should not have hissing S pronunciation- there should’ve no distractions or speech impediment in a reader. Cannot listen