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Have have 2 versions of this - the paper copy was read years ago. I have also listened to the audiobook as part of Craftlit podcast. ( ![]() Reread: half agony, half hope baby as always, austen is a delight; her jokes are god tier and her social observations are deft. i think, particularly so in this one, she goes above and beyond. like... she GETS it. however i do wish we'd spent more time with the love story and less with the dastardly plot afoot. This is the story about a very wise, kind, thoughtful, lovely lady on how she got back together with her ex-fiancee eight years after she broke off the engagement. I was impressed with the lady's fine character, especially since her family treated her so dismissively and she had to cater to her younger sister's every whim. I was also impressed with her unwavering devotion to her ex-fiancee over the years, and even when it seemed there was no hope, and even when she had other good options. At one point of the novel, she resolved that "be the conclusion of the present suspense good or bad, her affection would be his for ever." " Their union, she believed, could not divide her more from other men, than their final separation." So passionate! And the love letter that the ex-fiancee wrote her near the end of the story was just gorgeous. I wish the lady's family were nicer people, but they were admittedly interesting characters, and I was entertained reading about what they said and did. This version is read by the great British actress Anna Massey. Wonderful in her diction.
L'occasion de s'attacher aux amours empêchées d'une héroïne tout sauf résignée. Belongs to Publisher Series — 22 more Flipback (Classics 4) insel taschenbuch (1062) Penguin Clothbound Classics (2011) Penguin English Library, 2012 series (2012-04) Virago Modern Classics (344) The World's Classics (356) Is contained inEmma / Mansfield Park / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion / Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility / Lady Susan by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility / Pride and Prejudice / Mansfield Park / Emma / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion by Jane Austen Folio Society Jane Austen Set (Seven volume set: Emma; Mansfield Park; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion; Pride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Shorter Works) by Jane Austen Emma/Mansfield Park/Northanger Abbey/Persuasion/Pride and Prejudice/Sense and Sensibility AND Catharine/Lady Susan/Sanditon/The Watsons by Jane Austen Emma / Mansfield Park / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion / Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility / Lady Susan / Love and Friendship by Jane Austen Œuvres romanesques complètes I, II by Jane Austen (indirect) Is retold inHas the (non-series) sequelHas the adaptationInspiredHas as a reference guide/companionHas as a studyHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guide
In her final novel, as in her earlier ones, Jane Austen uses a love story to explore and gently satirize social pretensions and emotional confusion. Persuasion follows the romance of Anne Elliot and naval officer Frederick Wentworth. They were happily engaged until Anne's friend, Lady Russell, persuaded her that Frederick was "unworthy." Now, eight years later, Frederick returns, a wealthy captain in the navy, while Anne's family teeters on the edge of bankruptcy. They still love each other, but their past mistakes threaten to keep them apart. Austen may seem to paint on a small canvas, but her characters contain the full range of human passion and moral complexity, and the author's generous spirit renders them all with understanding, compassion, and humor. No library descriptions found.
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.7 — Literature English {except North American} English fiction Early 19th century 1800-37LC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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