Persuasion
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3.8 • 18 Ratings
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Publisher Description
An Apple Books Classic edition.
Jane Austen’s last completed novel is a mature, gorgeously bittersweet story about love, regret, and second chances. It’s been seven years since Anne’s family induced her to break off her engagement to Wentworth, a sea captain of little means. But losing him only made her realize how precious their love had been, leaving her with a sorrow that never quite faded.
When their paths cross again, his presence cuts through the grayness of Anne’s world like sudden sunlight. But could he ever rekindle his feelings for her after such heartbreak? Nuanced in its humor and deeply yearning in its emotion, Persuasion shows Austen at her most ruminative and insightful.
Customer Reviews
Everything excellent and amiable!
Re-reading Persuasion only comfirmed every feeling it had earlier produced and every thought of its excellence. Though maybe not as polished and thought-out as 'Emma' nor as exciting and witty as 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Persuasion' is personally my favourite work by Austen. Anne and Frederick are for me examples of how should one behave in love; or in fact, in life - and the fact that their being almost perfect doesn't make them at all unrealistic does all justice to great feeling Austen had for literary work. Book has somewhat of bittersweetness that no other of her works has - the mistreatment of Anne by her family or the suffering of eight years separation from their loved ones that both she and Frederick have endured has no equal with other Austen's heroines and yet the joy that comes after all of this as a reward for both his and hers excellent character and conduct is overwhelming and gives great happiness to both protagonists and readers. I highly recommend💗😊