Persuasion (Dover Thrift Editions) |
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Author:
Jane Austen
By Dover Publications
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List Price: $2.50
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Product Description
Superb novel, autumnal and mellow in tone, concerns the lives and loves of the Elliot family and their friends and relatives, in particular the thwarted romance between Anne Elliot (Austen’s sweetest, most appealing heroine) and Captain Frederick Wentworth. After various twists and turns of the plot, the story ends on a happy note. Finely drawn characters, gentle satire and wonderful recreation of genteel life in the English countryside.
Amazon.com Review
Anne Elliot, heroine of Austen's last novel, did something we can all relate to: Long ago, she let the love of her life get away. In this case, she had allowed herself to be persuaded by a trusted family friend that the young man she loved wasn't an adequate match, social stationwise, and that Anne could do better. The novel opens some seven years after Anne sent her beau packing, and she's still alone. But then the guy she never stopped loving comes back from the sea. As always, Austen's storytelling is so confident, you can't help but allow yourself to be taken on the enjoyable journey.
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 a beauty...a wonderful read, 2008-12-11
I bought this for my kindle..50 cents! Goodness I am almost ashamed. Sick with a cold, I read it almost straight through. Don't know how I missed this before. It is a joy. So much better than much of what is put out today.
Jane Austen's life if fate were kind., 2008-07-25
Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed work before her death. It differs from her other more well known works such as Pride & Prejudice, and Emma. It focuses on a relationship who have a second chance to re-ignite true love but whether or not they will depends on so many things that make a good story and are still applicable today.
A crazy family, social expectations, unforgiveness, competing love interests, and a little bit of that classic Austen wit that bites in just the right places.
It's shorter than Austen's other works as well, and the plot less complicated and detailed than Pride & Prejudice and Mansfield Park.
If for no other reason than the famous "you pierce my soul" letter, this should be a must on everyone's read list.
5 billion stars, 2008-05-13
I have no right to review Jane Austen. I give this book 5 billion stars.
A not-as-famous Jane Austen, 2008-04-30
Persuasion is a small novel, but it is Jane Austen at her best. Her commentary on the English gentry and the restrictions of "society" are well presented in this story of Anne who was once persuaded not to marry a man with no prospects and no station in life, at least compared to hers as the daughter of a baronet. Jane Austen proves there can be passion without being graphic. A great lvoe story!
Persuasion, 2008-02-25
The story is good but I don't like the edittion, is to small and for me is hard to read.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.7
EAN: 9780486295558
ISBN: 0486295559
Label: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 1997-04-24
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications |
