The Novels of Jane Austen


Gelesen von Barbara Baker

(4.2 stars; 8 reviews)

An 1859 essay by the prominent philosopher and literary critic, G. H. Lewes, who was an enthusiastic promoter of the novels of Jane Austen at a time when they were yet to achieve great critical acclaim. Lewes was the life partner of the novelist George Eliot.
- Summary by barbara2 (1 hr 18 min)

Kapitel

Section 1 15:12 Gelesen von Barbara Baker
Section 2 18:54 Gelesen von Barbara Baker
Section 3 24:59 Gelesen von Barbara Baker
Section 4 19:41 Gelesen von Barbara Baker

Bewertungen

In praise of Jane Austen


(4 stars)

An interesting account of the superiority of Jane Austen's œuvre, written from the point of view of a 19th Century Scottish individual. The reading is flawless, but the style is that of the 19th Century, which the 21st Century listener may find somewhat tedious & pedestrian