Emma (version 7 Dramatic Reading)

Emma is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance....As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters. Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." In the very first sentence she introduces the title character as "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich." Emma, however, is also rather spoiled, headstrong, and self-satisfied; she greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities; she is blind to the dangers of meddling in other people's lives, and her imagination and perceptions often lead her astray. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast: Narrator, Volume 1: Bev J. Stevens [http://librivox.org/reader/3816] Narrator, Volumes 2 and 3: CaprishaPage [http://librivox.org/reader/7138] Mr. Henry Woodhouse: Robert Hoffman [http://librivox.org/reader/7247] Emma Woodhouse: Amanda Friday [http://librivox.org/reader/6544] Mr. George Knightley: Jason Mills [http://librivox.org/reader/3470] Harriet Smith: Eden Rea-Hedrick [http://librivox.org/reader/7131] Mrs. Anne Weston: Tiffany Halla Colonna [http://librivox.org/reader/6689] Mr. Philip Elton: Chris Marcellus [http://librivox.org/reader/7040] Mr. John Knightley: Noel Badrian [http://librivox.org/reader/6965] Mrs. Isabella Knightley: CaprishaPage [http://librivox.org/reader/7138] Mr. Weston: Algy Pug [http://librivox.org/reader/4705] Miss Bates: Arielle Lipshaw [http://librivox.org/reader/3536] Mrs. Bates: KerrieRae Clarke [http://librivox.org/reader/7396] Jane Fairfax: April Gonzales [http://librivox.org/reader/7171] Frank Churchill: Max Körlinge [http://librivox.org/reader/6333] Mrs. Augusta Elton: Grace [http://librivox.org/reader/6947] Mrs. Cole: Carmen H [http://librivox.org/reader/6907] Mrs. Isabella Knightley: CaprishaPage [http://librivox.org/reader/7138] Mrs. Ford: Elizabeth Klett [http://librivox.org/reader/1259] Audio edited by Amanda Friday, Phil Chenevert, David Lawrence, Chuck Williamson, bala, CaprishaPage, Charlotte Duckett