A sublime comedy of contemporary manners, this is the novel Jane Austen might well have written had she lived in twenty-first- century California.
Nothing ever moves in a straight line in Karen Joy Fowler's fiction, and in her latest, the complex dance of modern love has never been so devious or so much fun.
Six Californians join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens. With her finely sighted eye for the frailties of human behavior and her finely tuned ear for the absurdities of social intercourse, Fowler has never been wittier nor her characters more appealing. The result is a delicious dissection of modern relationships.
Dedicated Austenites will delight in unearthing the echoes of Austen that run through the novel, but most readers will simply enjoy the vision and voice that, despite two centuries of separation, unite two great writers of brilliant social comedy.
Author : Various
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
1 hour 50 minutes
Categories : British Humor Radio Shows Historical Comedy
Our Price : $13.49
Four BBC Radio 4 Episodes from the classic wartime comedy. More...
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Author : Alan Bennett
Narrated By : Various
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
4 hours 5 minutes
Categories : Dramatizations Comedy Drama Humor British
Our Price : $24.49
Alan Bennett's three classic BBC Radio full-cast dramas; Kafka's Dick, Forty Years On and An Englishman Abroad... More...
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Author : Kinky Friedman
Narrated By : Dick Hill
Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc
6 hours
Categories : Comedy
Our Price : $24.95
Kinky Friedman - at his bawdy best - meets a mysterious vamp on an airplane. More...
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Author : Amy Sedaris
Narrated By : Amy Sedaris
Published By : Hachette Audio
5 hours
Categories : Contemporary Women Comedy
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The first thing you should know is: I like parties! Here are some of the helpful suggestions you'll get by listening to this audiobook: More...
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Author : Angela Howard
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : Hosiprog
45 minutes
Categories : Humor Comedy Dramatizations
Our Price : $1.00
A white lie about a smear of blood and a garage door leads two young twins to alarming assumptions. More...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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