Persuasion by Jane Austen

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Persuasion

May 16, 1818 / 170 pages / Fiction

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The most beautiful, autumnal and wistful of Austen's works. Not to be missed!

Grade: A+ / Trilliane / Jan 3, 2014

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book in its dramatized for radio version. Anne is levelheaded and down-to-earth, the opposite of her family, led by her shallow and vain father. A decision made in her youth influenced by her family has left Anne unmarried and regretful. This time, when her past re-enters her life, she has a second chance to be happy, after dealing with a score of obstacles thrust in her way. Captain Frederick Wentworth is a close second favorite male lead out of all of

Grade: B / Thenia

/ Apr 25, 2015

Tied for my favourite Austen ever. The quiet, musing nature of the novel - less starkly sarcastic than either Pride and Prejudice or Emma, less knowingly silly than either Northanger Abbey or Sense and Sensibility, yet much less maudlin than Mansfield Park (which I don't like much). I have a soft spot for her characters who care so deeply about doing the Right Thing (for better, or more often, for worse - Eleanor, Anne, and Charlotte all suffer greatly in the name of propriety) and I like the

Grade: A / overensuzieastic

/ Aug 5, 2016

I've read 4 jane Austen novels now, and this was definitely my least favorite. The writing is still great however, and the prose witty.

Grade: C / Darthpoulsen / Oct 5, 2016

Maybe I'm just not an Austen fan, but this book was just too dull for me. I hated Anne! She didn't change! She didn't grow up! Wtf??

Grade: D+ / Trekkie1999 / Feb 12, 2018

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