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The Jane Austen BBC Radio Drama Collection: Six BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisations

A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen’s six major novels. Jane Austen is one of the finest writers in the English language, and this volume includes all six of her classic novels.

Mansfield Park: on a quest to find a position in society, Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle.

Northanger Abbey: young, naïve Catherine Morland receives an invitation to stay at the isolated Gothic mansion Northanger Abbey.

Sense and Sensibility: forced to leave their family home after their father’s death, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood try to forge a new life at Barton Cottage.

Pride and Prejudice: Mrs Bennet is determined to get her five daughters married well, so when the wealthy Mr Bingley and his friend, Mr Darcy, move into the neighbourhood, her hopes are raised….

Emma: Emma Woodhouse declares she will never marry, but she is determined to find a match for her friend, Harriet.

Persuasion: eight years ago, Anne Elliot rejected a marriage proposal from a handsome but poor naval officer. Now her former love has returned….

With an all-star cast including David Tennant, Benedict Cumberbatch, Julia McKenzie, Jenny Agutter, Toby Jones, Eve Best and Juliet Stevenson, these BBC radio adaptations are full of humour, romance, love lost and love regained. Duration: approx. 15 hours 30 mins.

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Jane Austen: Notes & Quotes

Draw inspiration for your own writing from the words and thoughts of Jane Austen

“Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure.”  —Mary Crawford, Mansfield Park, 1814

“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”  —Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice, 1813

Be inspired by the witty and insightful quotes of Jane Austen as you pen your thoughts in this beautifully designed notebook. Charming and practical, it includes some of the most thought-provoking quotes from her novels and letters. With its gorgeous cover design finished with matching elastic closure, and softly lined pages featuring quotes and decorative black-and-white illustrations throughout, you’ll enjoy jotting down your thoughts wherever you are.

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Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin

National Book Award Finalist

From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin’s youngest sister and a history of history itself. Like her brother, Jane Franklin was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Unlike him, she was a mother of twelve.

Benjamin Franklin, who wrote more letters to his sister than he wrote to anyone else, was the original American self-made man; his sister spent her life caring for her children. They left very different traces behind. Making use of an amazing cache of little-studied material, including documents, objects, and portraits only just discovered, Jill Lepore brings Jane Franklin to life in a way that illuminates not only this one woman but an entire world—a world usually lost to history. Lepore’s life of Jane Franklin, with its strikingly original vantage on her remarkable brother, is at once a wholly different account of the founding of the United States and one of the great untold stories of American history and letters: a life unknown.

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CD: Seth’s Overview of the Seth Material: From an Audiotape Made by Robert F. Butts, Jane Roberts and Seth on April 29, 1970

CD: Seth’s Overview of the Seth Material
From an audiotape made by Robert F. Butts, Jane Roberts and Seth on April 29, 1970/
The previously unpublished session and Rob’s background notes about the session are included with the CD.
Length: 42 Minutes

A German translation is available to interested parties

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Naked Jane Bares All: A Tale of Triumph, Travails & Ta-Tas

The 31-year-old newlywed is diagnosed with cancer. She is “cured” for 10 years—during which she miraculously bears two healthy children—until the doctors and prognoses all prove wrong. Through slice-of-life vignettes, Jane tells her story, revealing the extraordinary individual she is and her message about how to embrace life when you’re down for the count.