false 1829867 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188927715m/1829867.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188927715s/1829867.jpg Persuasion is widely regarded as the most moving. It is the story of a second chance.

Anne Elliot, daughter of the snobbish Sir Walter Elliot, is woman of quiet charm and deep feelings. When she was nineteen she fell in love with—and was engaged to—a naval officer, the fearless and headstrong Captain Wentworth. But the young man had no fortune, and Anne allowed herself to be persuaded to give him up. Now, eight years later, Wentworth has returned to the neighborhood, a rich man and still unwed. Anne’s never-diminished love is muffled by her pride, and he seems cold and unforgiving. What happens as the two are thrown together in the social world of Bath—and as an eager new suitor appears for Anne—is touchingly and wittily told in a masterpiece that is also one of the most entrancing novels in the English language.]]> 2156 299 2534720 book 1818 Persuasion total:30562|5:12819|4:10801|3:5590|2:1077|1:275| 30562 126498 41163 3039 1265 4.11 415985 28012 19126211 115437 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 25245 1818 5 40 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Mon Mar 31 13:34:12 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 13:34:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 10367096 629344 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 30562 1818 5 21 false Mon Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 13 08:28:23 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 11 10:49:04 -0800 2008 6 Persuasion also shows more emotion than Jane Austen's other books. There is a great deal of walking and sighin...more...]]> 26732040 175635 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 30562 1818 5 17 false Wed Jul 09 04:00:56 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 04:12:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4733360 265580 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 30562 1818 5 8 false Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sat Aug 18 09:31:27 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:47:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 18824119 540865 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 30562 1818 4 9 false Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 00:14:33 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 07:43:31 -0700 2008 Pride and Prejudice. Patience, is the keyword for me to finished this book. Frankly, it takes me a while to get into the language. And after reading this book I daresay that all of her book contains happy ending and marriages :)
Bottom line, it's abou...more...]]> 2925010 183204 31693 0141439688 9780141439686 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212618618m/31693.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212618618s/31693.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31693.Persuasion 4.11 2169
Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. Al the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love?

Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory, 2 inches square. Readers of Persuasion will discover that neither her skill for delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp focus lens to English manners and morals has deserted her in her final finished work.]]> 1818 1 6 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 10 19:32:26 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:12:56 -0800 2009
Perhaps the atmosphere affected me--dim lighting on stuffy summer DC metro platforms--perhaps it was the biogra...more...]]> 66530851 1889855 3506014 1840224576 9781840224573 4 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3506014.Persuasion 4.00 23 1818 5 6 false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 07:27:58 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 20:29:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 49838505 1055856 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 30562 1818 5 6 false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 21:35:28 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:24:40 -0700 2009 2 Pride and Prejudice is clearly her most liked, but the heroine of Emma really is a better model of som...more...]]> 11279345 190396 31693 0141439688 9780141439686 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212618618m/31693.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212618618s/31693.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31693.Persuasion 4.14 30562
Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. Al the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love?

Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory, 2 inches square. Readers of Persuasion will discover that neither her skill for delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp focus lens to English manners and morals has deserted her in her final finished work.]]> 1818 3 6 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 30 10:17:08 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 21 20:13:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 28133165 168493 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 30562 1818 5 6 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 21:43:26 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 18:26:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 23714317 424514 31693 0141439688 9780141439686 209 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212618618m/31693.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1212618618s/31693.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31693.Persuasion 4.14 30562
Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. Al the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love?

Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory, 2 inches square. Readers of Persuasion will discover that neither her skill for delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp focus lens to English manners and morals has deserted her in her final finished work.]]> 1818 4 3 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Wed Jun 04 15:32:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 08:32:58 -0700 2008 Persuasion, was "too good for me," and I cannot help but echo her sentiments. A woman of great good sense, utterly lacking in snobbery or pretension (despite her father's "elevated" status as a baronet), An...more...]]> 13115663 129343 468274 1593081308 9781593081300 32 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175021076m/468274.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175021076s/468274.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/468274.Persuasion 4.20 136 Jane Austen uses a love story to explore and gently satirize social pretensions and emotional confusion. Persuasion follows the romance of Anne Elliot and naval officer Frederick Wentworth. They were happily engaged until Anne’s friend, Lady Russell, persuaded her that Frederick was “unworthy.” Now, eight years later, Frederick returns, a wealthy captain in the navy, while Anne’s family teeters on the edge of bankruptcy. They still love each other, but their past mistakes threaten to keep them apart.

Austen may seem to paint on a small canvas, but her characters contain the full range of human passion and moral complexity, and the author’s generous spirit renders them all with understanding, compassion, and humor.
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If you're not a fan of Austen, I'm not going to attempt to persuade you otherwise.

But if you are willing to give it a try, you might find this e...more...]]> 3714329 191717 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 30562 1818 5 2 false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Sat Jul 28 14:23:20 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 16 14:38:06 -0700 2009 25058732 1144422 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 30562 1818 5 2 false Sat Jun 21 09:54:36 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 15:56:03 -0700 2008 35326263 1245181 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 30562 1818 0 1 false Tue Oct 14 17:32:31 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 09 15:27:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 33081192 542037 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 30562 1818 4 2 false Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 08:06:59 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 15:14:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 32674813 107717 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 30562 1818 5 2 true Fri Sep 12 02:32:38 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 06:37:45 -0700 2008 2
Why this above the others, though?

Well, for me, this novel is, and always has been since the first time I read it at sixteen, a much more mature work than Austen's earlier novels. I can relate ...more...]]> 26617658 138600 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 30562 1818 4 2 false Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 23:33:53 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 23 22:38:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 13281257 609214 2156 0192802631 9780192802637 2381 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159m/2156.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1160527159s/2156.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion 4.14 30562 1818 2 1 true Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 23 10:15:33 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 29 08:06:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1829867