(Read by a full cast, BBC Audiobooks, 3 hours and 24 minutes, currently available only as a download)
I used to adore a no-longer-available audiobook version of this novel read by British actress Eileen Atkins. But this full-cast recording done by the BBC turns out to be an almost worthy replacement. Published in 1932, this sublime spoof sends protagonist Flora Poste 鈥� a young woman in the mold of Dorothy Parker 鈥� to the Starkadders, a dour collection of relatives in Sussex, England. Much like our favorite Jane Austen heroines, Flora must set everything aright. Unfortunately the production is heavy-handed and the sound quality uneven. Grade: B
