Persuasion
Thwarted romance between Anne Elliot (Austen's sweetest, most appealing heroine) and Captain Frederick Wentworth. Finely drawn characters, gentle satire, genteel life in the English countryside.
Thwarted romance between Anne Elliot (Austen's sweetest, most appealing heroine) and Captain Frederick Wentworth. Finely drawn characters, gentle satire, genteel life in the English countryside.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780192802637
Publish date: 01-01-1970
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Classic Literature,
Historical Romance,
19th Century,
Fiction,
Historical
I was pleasantly surprised by Persuasion. I really loved the interaction between Anne and Captain Wentworth. I am quick becoming a lover of Jane Austen. I've always been a Bronte girl but Im learning to appreciate Austen as well.
Gets better every time I encounter it.
Out of all the Austen novels I have read (and I’ve read them all excepting Mansfield Park which was too painful), I believe I like this one best. It is fairly straightforward and there’s an elegance in Austen’s prose that makes the story flow much better than say in Mansfield Park. I feel a bit ridi...
Wow -- still powerful after several readings. "You pierce my soul." If you need more than three words to say I love you, these would be the words.
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