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Persuasion

Jane Austen

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Dec 08, 2010 Jenni rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-finished-in-2016

Awe, this was so lovely! I took a long long break from reading Jane Austen after I got stuck on Mansfield Park. I'm so glad I chose to pick this one up recently. I really did love it much like I loved Sense & Sensibility. Anne was such a wonderful main character and I loved watching the inner battles of hers and Wentworth's. I thought that everyone got their due in the end. And I really enjoyed every moment of reading it. I was very surprised with just how addicting it was and how quickly it rea ...more

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May 10, 2021 Denise Cormaney rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Jane! Loved this story about one of her most “mature” characters, at the age of seven-and-twenty. Sometimes I need a book to transport me to a completely different time and place, where the stakes aren’t too high but the book isn’t fluff. In fact, the more I read Jane, the more I see her social commentary on class and gender, and her razor sharp wit! I was literally laughing outloud on my walk listening to her throw shade on those people in Bath. There’s nothing like snark written in Regency lan ...more

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Nov 14, 2009 Mary rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: format-ebook, format-audio, favorites, re-reads, 2019-shelf, summer-bingo-2019, 2020-shelf, summer-bingo-2020, 2022-shelf

Summer Bingo - Originally published posthumously.

2020 reread - sadly not anywhere near Bath (or Bristol), but with another year of life under my belt. I'm never sure if this book or Emma is my favorite Austen, and I've finally decided I don't care to decide. I adore Anne. I sympathize with the crazy things that must be going on in her head to deal with her family (her dad, her older sister, her younger sister, all GAH!), regrets about past decisions, and simply doing her best to BE her best. als ...more

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Jun 10, 2013 Erica Freeman rated it liked it

the structure of the book was nothing new after
reading other jane austen novels, but gillian beer's intro illuminated the concept of persuasion as verbal influence and as a larger force. ...more

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Mar 16, 2013 Linda rated it it was amazing

Shelves: my-5-star-books

Of course this is not the first time I have read this, but I listened to it as an audiobook while on my walks and enjoyed it just as much as ever. I think audio is a good way to see things in a book that you might miss without the emphasis of the reader. Love it.

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