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I enjoyed re-reading this on the 200th anniversary of her death
I enjoy reading Jane Austen, but frankly, her books are becoming a bit predictable to some extent. There was a nice twist in this one, but it still sets the reader up for what she expects will happen in the end anyway. After Pride and Prejudice, nothing else that I've read by her even comes close.
Austen's writing is lovely as usual and her development of the characters was very good here. There's just no "wow" factor for me, which is fine, because Austen is Austen, and I will continue to work my ...more
Austen's writing is lovely as usual and her development of the characters was very good here. There's just no "wow" factor for me, which is fine, because Austen is Austen, and I will continue to work my ...more
Aug 17, 2008
Jen
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it was amazing
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This is an Austen I hadn't read before. I've seen a couple film versions, which differed in some details, so I wanted to read the book and see what "really" happened. I liked it a lot. Before I'd been most interested in seeing that poor old bag Anne Elliott (at 27) get a second chance at love. Reading it now, I was really into Capt. Wentworth's side of things, how he had to work through his own hurt and anger to be able to find happiness again.
One thing I found pretty funny: the character of Ann ...more
One thing I found pretty funny: the character of Ann ...more
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