Persuasion
Jane Austen
De Marque · Narrated by Karen Savage
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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. ©2020 Pandora's Box (P)2020 Pandora's Box
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Deda Sab
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October 28, 2021
I listened to the audiobook and reached almost 80% of the book on the 27th of October 2021, yet it mostly went over my head. I watched the movie (I know, I know, it's a crime) However, I needed to know who was who. There is a huge cast of characters with similar names that made the book so confusing. I started re-reading the book all over again from the beginning on the 28th of October 2021. Watching the movie first made a huge difference for me, it helped me get acquainted to the characters and some of the major incidents beforehand. I appreciated the book much better in this second reading. I also download the ebook to read along. I enjoyed the book immensely and finished it in one day. For me, this novel is one of the best 3 novels written by Jane Austen. I still have to read Emma, and thus I would have read all the major books by Austen.
Xenia Boutchard
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May 5, 2024
Fantastic story, read clearly and with feeling!
Paula Stephens
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May 18, 2024
my favorite of Jane Austen's book
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