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Persuasion

Jane Austen

Start date: October 1, 2015

Finish date: October 31, 2015

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Dec 03, 2017 Erika B. (SOS BOOKS) rated it really liked it

I FINALLY read an Austen novel! In my 28 years of life I haven't actually read any of Jane's books! I have seen every adaptation in video form so this feels like a big deal to me! I loved it! Might have to give more of them a try! ...more

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Aug 04, 2012 Sheila rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites, classic, owned, reviewed, boxalls-1001

In victorian era, how does a lady get back her former admirer, once rejected?

a. Accept his indifference and coldness until the sight of you in danger of collapsing renews his former sentiment.

b. When you see him in a room and he comes to you, engage him in conversation. Don't just talk about the weather.

c. Be perfectly useful when an accident involves the lady who might replace you in his affections. Be the better woman for not jumping from heights.

Jane Austen's Persuasion has just become my ...more

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Jul 26, 2011 ☯Emily Ginder rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: classics

This is Jane Austen! Is it her best book...no. However, it is still a classic. The heroine is a little too good to be true which makes it a little difficult to relate to her. However, the descriptions of her life with her father and older sister are heart wrenching. There is not a lot of conversation in the book and it moves slowly from one location to another, including Lyme and Bath. Anne gave up her first and only love eight years before, after being persuaded to do so by an older, maybe wise ...more

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Mar 11, 2011 Roos rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classic, aar-2007-2010, read-in-2014, best-of-14, summer-challange-2014

Very slow burning novel filled with subtle and not so subtle jabs at the various characters who roam the pages of this classic by Jane Austen. Her use of language always has a calming effect on ones nerves, it takes some settling at first but once you are sucked in her world, your worries slowly glide away. Despite being almost 200 years old, reading Persuasion continues to be soothing experience. If that's not the sign of a true classic, I don't know what is. ...more

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