With her sister Jane laid up in bed with a cold, Lizzy becomes better acquainted with Mr Darcy, pushing back at his unrealistic expectations of the accomplishments a young woman should have mastered. But the more she resists him, the more Darcy seems to admire her - much to the irritation of Bingley's sister Caroline. 

The next morning, it's a full house of Bennets at Netherfield, as the girls' mother appears with her remaining three daughters in tow. Lizzy cringes at the impression her embarrassing family must be making on Bingley... and, perhaps more to the point, on Darcy too. 

A Noiser podcast production. 

Narrated by Dame Julie Andrews 

Written by Jane Austen 

Recording Engineer: Sam Hamilton  

Produced by Katrina Hughes 

Script Supervisors: Dr Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Ed Baranski and Duncan Barrett 

Sound Supervisors: Tom Pink and Oliver Baines 

Sound Design by Miri Latham and Tom Pink

Audio Editing by Dorry Macaulay 

Compositions: Dorry Macaulay 

Music Performances by Dorry Macaulay, Oliver Baines, Mia Whittaker, and Moritz Flohr

Mix and Mastering: Ralph Tittley 

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After dazzling the wealthy Mr Bingley at the Meryton Ball, the eldest Bennet sister, Jane, receives an invitation to visit him and his sister at Netherfield Park, the grand estate he's renting nearby. At her mother's insistence, she makes the journey on horseback, arriving drenched and bedraggled thanks to an only slightly mistimed thunderstorm. 

The wet-corseted Jane proves no less captivating to Bingley, but when she catches a cold, her younger sister Lizzy hurries off on foot to be with her. The visit offers our heroine another encounter with Mr Darcy - the same man who insulted her looks and refused to dance with her at the Meryton Ball. What could go wrong? 

A Noiser podcast production. 

Narrated by Dame Julie Andrews  

 Written by Jane Austen  

 Recording Engineer: Sam Hamilton   

 Produced by Katrina Hughes  

Script Supervisors: Dr Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Ed Baranski and Duncan Barrett  

Sound Supervisors: Tom Pink and Oliver Baines 

Sound Design by Tony Onuchukwu and Tom Pink

Audio Editing by Anisha Deva  

Compositions: Dorry Macaulay 

Music Performances by Dorry Macaulay, Oliver Baines, Mia Whittaker, and Moritz Flohr

Mix and Mastering: Josh Latham 

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Mrs Bennet has a problem - five of them, in fact. Not one of her daughters has managed to secure a husband. And with no boys in the family, when Mr Bennet dies, their house will be inherited by a cousin, leaving the female Bennets homeless. 

And then who should arrive in the sleepy Hertfordshire town of Meryton but a pair of distinctly eligible bachelors: the charming Mr Bingley, with an income of several thousand pounds a year, and his enigmatic friend Mr Darcy... 

A Noiser podcast production. 

Narrated by Dame Julie Andrews  

Written by Jane Austen  

Recording Engineer: Sam Hamilton   

Produced by Katrina Hughes  

Script Supervisors: Dr Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Ed Baranski and Duncan Barrett  

Sound Supervisors: Tom Pink and Oliver Baines 

Sound Design by Tom Pink   

Audio Editing by Dorry Macaulay   

Compositions: Dorry Macaulay  

Music Performances by Dorry Macaulay, Oliver Baines, Mia Whittaker, and Moritz Flohr.  

Mix and Mastering: Tom Pink

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Jane Austen Stories is the new show from the Noiser podcast network, narrated by Dame Julie Andrews.

Season One begins with Julie reading an all-time classic of English literature, Pride and Prejudice, in its original masterful form.

Hit follow to get new episodes of Jane Austen Stories every Tuesday and Friday.

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