Persuasion
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4.1 • 134 Ratings
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Publisher Description
First published in 1818, Persuasion was Jane Austen’s last work. Its mellow character and autumnal tone have long made it a favorite with Austen readers. Set in Somersetshire and Bath, the novel revolves around the lives and love affair of Sir Walter Elliot, his daughters Elizabeth, Anne, and Mary, and various in-laws, friends, suitors, and other characters, In Anne Elliot, the author created perhaps her sweetest, most appealing heroine.
At the center of the novel is Anne’s thwarted romance with Captain Frederick Wentworth, a navy man Anne met and fell in love with when she was 19. At the time, Wentworth was deemed an unsuitable match and Anne was forced to break off the relationship. Eight years later, however, they meet again. By this time Captain Wentworth has made his fortune in the navy and is an attractive “catch.” However, Anne is now uncertain about his feelings for her. But after various twists and turns of fortune, the novel ends on a happy note.
In Persuasion, as in such novels as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, Austen limned the plight of young women who could escape the constraints of family life only by marrying, and suggest the foolishness of women who believed they were free and not dependent on the financial and social resources of men. At the same time, Persuasion offers an ironic and subtle paean to the true love that enables one woman to rise above straitened economic circumstances and the stifling social conventions that restricted women to narrowly circumscribed lives in the common sitting room.
Sure to appeal to admirers of Jane Austen, Persuasion will delight any reader with its finely drawn characters, gentle satire, and charming re-creation of the genteel world of the 19th-century English countryside.
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Customer Reviews
4.5
I rate books on five qualities:, ideas, world building, plot, entertainment, and depth. Each one is worth one start.
Ideas: the premise of the story
This had a pretty good premise. It was about Anne having to be in the same social circle as her ex, Captain Wentworth, and slowly develop feelings for him again. I found this interesting, so I am definitely giving the book this star.
World building: this more so applies more so to fantasy, but can apply to the introduction of characters and whether when where things are happening is confusing.
This book, like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, had a lot of characters to keep track of, and I got a little lost. Hence, I’m giving this book half of this star.
Plot: is the story well executed, and does it make sense?
This plot was pretty well executed, including between Anne and Wentworth that helped their feelings grow. Some parts could have been explained better, but overall the plot wasn’t too fast, and the character’s made sense. Hence, this book definitely gets this star.
Entertainment: were my eyes glued to the pages or did it take a painful amount of faithfulness to finish the book?
This book was much more entertaining than Pride and Prejudice and certainly more entertaining than Sense and Sensibility. At first the story was slow, but then I got drawn in and enjoyed a little of parts. This part definitely gets its star.
Depth: character development, redemption arcs, meaning or lesson
There wasn’t a lot of character development, but there certainly were complicated characters. Furthermore, there were meaningful conversations. Hence, this book gets the depth star.
The final calculation is
Ideas=1
World building=0.5
Plot=1
Entertainment =1
Depth=1
Hence, this book has 4.5 five stars.
Love this narrator
My fav narrator for one of my fav books!
Persuasion
This was read ultra fast. Cannot understand a word the narrator is saying.