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Northanger Abbey (version 3 Dramatic Reading)

Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)

Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel aficionado Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath. It is Catherine's first visit there. She meets new friends, such as Isabella Thorpe, and goes to balls. Catherine finds herself pursued by Isabella's brother, the rough-mannered, slovenly John Thorpe, and by her real love interest, Henry Tilney. She also becomes friends with Eleanor Tilney, Henry's younger sister. Henry captivates her with his view on novels and his knowledge of history and the world. General Tilney (Henry and Eleanor's father) invites Catherine to visit their estate, Northanger Abbey, which, from her reading of Ann Radcliffe's Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho, she expects to be dark, ancient and full of Gothic horrors and fantastical mystery. - Summary by Wikipedia

Narrators: Arie and Elizabeth Klett
Catherine Morland: Woolly Bee
Henry Tilney: Jason Mills
Isabella Thorpe: Beth Thomas
Mrs. Allen: Michele Eaton
Eleanor Tilney: Amanda Friday
General Tilney: Algy Pug
John Thorpe: Phil Benson
James Morland: BeniaminoMassimo
Mrs. Morland: Fiddlesticks
Mr. Allen: Norman Elfer
Mrs. Thorpe: Natalie Paula
Mr. Morland: inflected
Footman: Glenn O'Brien
Captain Tilney: Ivory Ballard
Sarah Morland: Frances Brown
Mrs. Hughes: Etel Buss
Anne Thorpe: thestorygirl
Maria Thorpe: Lydia

Audio edited by: Elizabeth Barr and Elizabeth Klett

Genre(s): Dramatic Readings, Romance

Language: English

Keyword(s): romance (1039), Mystery (731), satire (289), Gothic (56), austen (25), Courtship (17), Bath (5), heroine (5), abbey (4)