The Life and Works of Jane Austen Audible Audiobook – Original recording

Devoney Looser (Author, Narrator), The Great Courses (Author, Publisher)

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Born to the ranks of the lower English gentry in 1775, Jane Austen led what some have mistakenly described as an ordinary and unremarkable life - a life that ended all too soon at the age of 41. But from this life, Austen drew inspiration for six novels that all rank as literary masterpieces, including the widely beloved Pride and Prejudice. So, what do we really know about Austen’s life and influences?

With Professor Devoney Looser of Arizona State University, you will get invaluable insight into Austen’s everyday reality in the elegant and tumultuous Regency period and a more thorough understanding of her influence and lasting legacy. Over the course of the 24 lessons of The Life and Works of Jane Austen, you will explore her six completed works, as well as her raucous teenage writings and unfinished novels. You will also get a guided tour of Austen’s world - the politics, social dynamics, major events, cultural markers, and class structures that defined the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Great Britain - and how these elements shaped her life and inspired her work. While there may always be a certain amount of mystery about Austen’s life, this course offers a fuller understanding of her world and how she brilliantly captured it on the page.

Jane Austen’s work was shaped profoundly by the world she lived in, and The Life and Works of Jane Austen offers you the chance to explore this world and to see how the novels Austen published over two centuries ago continue to engage and entertain readers and influence popular culture through countless adaptations on page and screen. Whether you are a fan, a casual reader - or even someone who has always been a little confused by “Austenmania” - this course will illuminate the worlds, both real and imagined, of Austen’s fiction and her astonishing contributions to literature.

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11 hours and 24 minutes
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Devoney Looser
Audible release date

January 29, 2021
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English
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The Great Courses
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B08TT9D7GL
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Original recording
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Listening Length	11 hours and 24 minutes
Author	Devoney Looser, The Great Courses
Narrator	Devoney Looser
Audible.com Release Date	January 29, 2021
Publisher	The Great Courses
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Original recording
Language	English
ASIN	B08TT9D7GL
Best Sellers Rank	#143,407 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #517 in Biographies of Authors #811 in Historical Biographies (Audible Books & Originals) #3,436 in Author Biographies

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I can think of no better overview of Austen’s novels, life, and times than this series by Devoney Looser. It provides a deep dive into Austen’s novels that will reach both those new to Austen and long-time Austen aficionados. This is teaching at its finest—and most fun!

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