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9/2014: Elizabeth Klett's Librevox version while knitting honey cowl
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Persuasion is the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen. It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death.
The story concerns Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to lower their expenses and get out of debt. They rent their home to an Admiral and his wife. The wife’s brother, Navy Captain Frederick Wentworth, had been engaged to Anne in 1806, and now they meet again, both single and unattached, after no contact in more than seven years. This set ...more
The story concerns Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to lower their expenses and get out of debt. They rent their home to an Admiral and his wife. The wife’s brother, Navy Captain Frederick Wentworth, had been engaged to Anne in 1806, and now they meet again, both single and unattached, after no contact in more than seven years. This set ...more
I have to give four stars because reading Jane Austen is a singular pleasure. However, I was miffed by the lack of a twist. The book plans out where you'll go, then takes you there, with seldom a surprise (excepting a bizarre and very convenient injury to a romantic rival) and few of the memorable characters i've come to expect. Published posthumously - would there have been some more judicious editing?
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it was amazing
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