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Posted in Free audio books, jane austen, Popular culture on October 26, 2006|
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The Jane Austen novels available as podcasts or audio files on Librivox are:
Emma
Northanger Abbey
Pride and Prejudice
Books that are being taped:
Lady Susan
Mansfield Park
Persuasion
Sense and Sensibility
The completed audio books can be downloaded for free at this site: http://librivox.org/
The complete novels can be downloaded at two sites:
Project Gutenberg
Bibliomania
Posted in Free audio books on August 26, 2006| 1 Comment »
LibriVox describes itself as the “acoustical liberation of books in the public domain.”
On this site find all the chapters of Pride and Prejudice as MP3 files. I recommend that you download the 3rd version.
You have several options:
Click on Librivox or Pride and Prejudice (words above) to enter the sites.
ATTENTION JASNA MEMBERS: Online access to talks from this year's AGM is open. For $99 U.S., you can watch the plenary sessions until February 15th. Offerings include Devoney Looser's "Sisters in the Arts" and the Sunday Brunch performance which hilariously dramatized some of Austen's favorite music; Breakout Sessions, including Lisa Brown's talk on Ignatius Sancho's Country Dances, "Composed by an African" and Brenda Cox's presentation on "Satirical Cartoons and Jane Austen's Church of England," and short versions of talks including "Jane Austen on TikTok," and "The World of Jane Austen Soundtracks"; Special Interest Sessions such as Georgie Castilla's fascinating "Adapting Austen to Comics" and talks on Regency dress and social dance; a stage production of "Lover's Vows" which we did not get to see at the AGM, and much more!
More information is available at jasna.org/conferences-events/agms/agm-updates/ . If you're not a JASNA member yet, why not join and support their work in celebrating Austen's life and works!
The Life and Legacy of Enslaved Virginian Emily Winfree: A Review by Vic
In the past year, this blog has posted a number of articles and book reviews on Black History and Slave History in Georgian England. This book, written by Jan Meck and Virginia Refo, continues in America from the 19th to early 20th century. Find Vic's review on the Jane Austen's World History page at this link. Order the book at U.S. Amazon.
Highly Recommended a New Book! Bath -An Adumbration in Rhyme, edited by Ben Wiebracht
Read the review of the book, edited by series editor Ben Wiebracht here.
Click to order the book on Amazon. US and UK Amazon links. U. S. Amazon or UK Amazon
The neglected tombstone found in an overgrown burial ground said:
“Sacred to the memory of His Excellency C.J. Austen, Esq.,
Champion of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath,
Rear Admiral of the Red and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty’s Naval Forces on the East India and China Station,
Rear Admiral Charles Austen CB
Died off Prome, the 7th October 1852, while in command of the Naval Expedition on the river Irrawady against the Burmese Forces, aged 73 years.”
The grave after restoration
Read the full article in The Sunday Times. June 27, 2021.
Click on image to read the story.
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