Today, the 18th July, is the anniversary of the death of one of the most widely read and beloved writers in English literature, Jane Austen .
Born in 1775 in a small village in Hampshire, England, her father was a clergyman and her mother came from a family fairly remotely connected to the aristocracy. She had five brothers and one sister.

It's hard to imagine, but during her lifetime she gained little personal fame as her novels were published anonymously. Today she is admired all around the world with movies and TV adaptations of all her works.

At Silksoundbooks we have recorded audiobooks two of her novels that were published posthumously in 1818. Persuasion - a very funny exploration of the eighteenth century sport of trying to find a decent husband - is read beautifully by Olivia Williams.

Lynn Redgrave brings her incredible talent to the gothic horror of Northanger Abbey where we follow the story's heroine, seventeen year old Catherine Morland.

These two unabridged classic Jane Austen audio books are available to download from silksoundbooks.com

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