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Jane Austen: Persuasion (2012, Barnes & Noble, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.)

228 pages

English language

Published Nov. 21, 2012 by Barnes & Noble, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc..

ISBN:
978-1-4351-3662-5
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OCLC Number:
852427762

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5 stars (2 reviews)

Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth have met and separated years before. Their reunion forces a recognition of the false values that drove them apart.

132 editions

reviewed Persuasion by Jane Austen (Penguin classics)

A comedy of manners

4 stars

Persuasion was chosen as one of three group reads for January by the Proud Readers Of Great Stories group on Goodreads to which I belong. Having never actually read any Jane Austen novels before, I took this as my inspiration to try at least that one, then, when I realised that 2017 is the 200th anniversary year of Austen's death, I decided to challenge myself to read all six of her novels within the year.

I think what surprised me most about Persuasion is the sharpness of Austen's eye and the frequent pretty vicious satire of her pen. I admit, based only on film and TV adaptations of her books, that I was expecting a fluffy Regency romance, but other than the societal expectation that everyone be either married or seeking to become so, the story for me was more satirical humour and a comedy of manners.

Anne Elliot is …

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Young women
  • Manners and customs
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Social life and customs

Places

  • England