Mansfield Park Emma: With Opinions from Austen's Family and Friends

In this richly rewarding listening experience, Alison Larkin¿s acclaimed recordings of Jane Austen¿s iconic novels Mansfield Park and Emma are followed by opinions from Austen¿s family and friends never before heard on audio.

Like most writers, Jane Austen was interested in what the people closest to her thought of her books. She wrote down their opinions of Mansfield Park and Emma, recording both the bad and the good. These opinions dating from 1814 and 1815 will give solace to any writer whose work has been criticized and will amuse and delight Austen fans worldwide.