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Persuasion
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Narrator
- Juliet Stevenson, Full Full Cast
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 25 February 2021
- Run Time
- 2 hours 39 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In this BBC radio full-cast dramatisation of Jane Austen's last fully completed novel, Anne Elliot gets a second chance at love...
Anne was persuaded out of an engagement with the not-yet wealthy Captain Wentworth. The Elliot family are now close to financial ruin and are forced to rent out their family home, while Captain Wentworth has returned after making his fortune at sea. How the tables have turned...
Published over 200 years ago, Persuasion remains one of the British nation's favourite novels. Among the star cast in this radio production are Juliet Stevenson, Tim Brierley, Sorcha Cusack, and Roger Hume.
This title is part of the BBC's Jane Austen collection.
© 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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Details
- Author
- Jane Austen
- Narrator
- Juliet Stevenson, Full Full Cast
- Duration
- 2 hours 39 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 February 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529141719
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Historical romance, Satirical fiction and parodies
Synopsis
In this BBC radio full-cast dramatisation of Jane Austen's last fully completed novel, Anne Elliot gets a second chance at love...Anne was persuaded out of an engagement with the not-yet wealthy Captain Wentworth. The Elliot family are now close to financial ruin and are forced to rent out their family home, while Captain Wentworth has returned after making his fortune at sea. How the tables have turned... Published over 200 years ago, Persuasion remains one of the British nation's favourite novels. Among the star cast in this radio production are Juliet Stevenson, Tim Brierley, Sorcha Cusack, and Roger Hume.This title is part of the BBC's Jane Austen collection. © 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (p) 2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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