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La rivincita di Anne
Dopo il famosissimo Orgoglio e pregiudizio ho scelto la lettura di Persuasione grazie ad una Lettura Collettiva organizzata su Anobii, anche se avevo già acquistato Emma, in coda di lettura da un po’. Persuasione è l’ultimo romanzo della Austen, e le differenze si vedono anche senza aver letto la sua intera produzione.
Persuasione è infatti la storia di una famiglia in decadenza composta da Sir Walter Elliot e dalle due figlie, la primogenita Elizabeth ed Anne, la protagonista ...more
Dopo il famosissimo Orgoglio e pregiudizio ho scelto la lettura di Persuasione grazie ad una Lettura Collettiva organizzata su Anobii, anche se avevo già acquistato Emma, in coda di lettura da un po’. Persuasione è l’ultimo romanzo della Austen, e le differenze si vedono anche senza aver letto la sua intera produzione.
Persuasione è infatti la storia di una famiglia in decadenza composta da Sir Walter Elliot e dalle due figlie, la primogenita Elizabeth ed Anne, la protagonista ...more

Sigh. After reading Sense and Sensibility, I couldn't wait to read Persuasion. And I was slightly disappointed by Jane Austen's last book. I confess that I found Anne Elliot less desirable as a female protagonist. To me, she was meek and weak - totally usual for Austen. To be persuaded to break an engagement from a man she truly loves by a dear friend rather than standing her ground baffled me. But Wentworth had the last laugh when he returns with a hefty fortune to find Anne's father having to
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I definitely didn't appreciate this Austen novel enough back in my teenage years. This time through I found it to be delightfully more complex then her other novels.
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I didn't love this story nearly as much as Pride and Prejudice, but it was still enjoyable.
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Reread on audiobook, loved Juliet Stevenson's narrating.
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