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by Jane Austen (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press (12 July 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192503561
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192503565
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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Set around Lyme Regis and Bath, the story of Anne Elliott's seven-year wait for love is here re-examined by Claude Rawson in his introduction to Austen's last completed novel. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An unalloyed delight, 24 Jan 1999
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This review is from: Persuasion (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)
A Cinderella story from the pen of one of England's finest. Anne is saddled with a father whose ego is the size of a small caribbean island and two sisters whom you will certainly love to hate. Elizabeth makes her father look modest, whilst Mary possesses all the sense and sensitivity of Sir Toby Belch. The fairy godmother figure(her deceased mother's best friend)has unfortunately made a singular error - she advised the youthful Anne against marrying a certain Captain many years ago and as a result our heroine was persuaded to let the love of her life slip through her fingers. Now perched firmly on the shelf, Anne finds herself unexpectedly swept back into company with her erstwhile lover. No longer so young & blooming herself, Anne suffers the mortification of watching him courting another girl and knowing that she has nobody but herself to blame. Enter another suitor, stage left - will Anne allow herself to be swept away by this new charmer? Will her father realise that beauty is only skin deep? Will Mary's long-suffering husband try strangling his dreadful spouse? Will Elizabeth win herself a husband? Enjoy.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Greatly Influenced My Emotional Life, 22 Jun 1999
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This review is from: Persuasion (Modern Library) (Hardcover)
This book came into my life at a time I really needed it. Perhaps that makes me partial to it, but I found it compelling, compassionate, and greatly moving. Not a general reader of Austen, but compelled to pick it up after viewing the movie, I was impressed with it's insight and its emotional and social commentary. But more than social commentary it is, though to some it may sound trite, a book of the heart and soul. For me it was spiritually cleansing and emotionally purifying. A book of beauty and love, a work which has become a personal favorite.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Slow.... But Beautiful, 12 Jan 2004
By Nadine Sookwa "DayDreamer0712" (Castries, ST. LUCIA W.I.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Persuasion (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)
This novel is one you'd like to curl up with on a rainy day. The plot is great... A relationship that didn't work out 8 1/2 years before, and getting a second chance at that same relationship. It's beautiful.

Anne Elliot is quiet, but strong. Jane Austen describes as not being beautiful, but proves that character is almost everything in a relationship. Frederick Wentworth, on the other hand, is handsome and rich. But he too, has character, in that he still loved Anne Elliott even after she hurt him so many years ago.

This book is one of constancy even when all hope of restoration is gone, and the courage to forgive, start all over again and love even more. It's wonderful.

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5.0 out of 5 stars persuasion: audio cds 1 (classic fiction)
Jane Austen's Persuasion is a brilliant story, and Juliet Stevensons telling of it is superb.
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Published on 23 July 2007 by Jasmine

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Published on 20 July 2007 by Vicci

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