I love everything Jane Austen writes! If you feel the same way, I highly recommend the new show out about her life "Becoming Jane." It was good. And so was her last novel Persuasion! I just finished it for the first time this week and loved it! Find it, and read it!
"Persuasion was Austen's final completed novel and was written between 1815 and 1816, and published incompletely revised immediately after her death with Northanger Abbey. As so often in Austen's novels, Persuasion concerns the social issues of her time and particularly the matter of class. The story begins with the letting of Sir Walter Elliot's seat, Kellynch Hall, to his annoyance as a man of self-aggrandising and showy tendencies. Persuasion is the tale of the romance between his pretty and friendly younger daughter Anne who meets the novel's hero, Captain Wentworth and in spite of social barriers and the rival Musgrove sisters - Louisa and Henrietta - pursues his affection having once turned him down as a spouse. Accidents and various engagements ensue leading to what the reader hopes will be another finale of poetic justice and requited love."
2 comments:
Maren, I love this book too, and you've now motivated me to read it again,thanks!
I just finished Persuasion and I really enjoyed it. I am always excited to read a well written book and Jane Austen never lets me down! Thanks for suggesting this one!
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