1817 Persuasion by Jane Austen

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Jane Austen: 1817 Persuasion by Jane Austen (2021, Independently Published)

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Published May 21, 2021 by Independently Published.

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4 stars (17 reviews)

Persuasion tells the love story of Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth, whose sister rents Miss Elliot's father's house, after the Napoleonic Wars come to an end. The story is set in 1814. The book itself is Jane Austen's last published book, published posthumously in December of 1818.

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Took a couple tries to get through, but was worth the read.

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I like Jane Austen a lot. That said, it took me a long time to get through more than 1 or 2 chapters in this book. I didn't think I'd like Anne Elliot all that much, but as I let the story unfold and got to learn more about the people around her, I grew to admire her restraint. Frankly, I'd want to bash her relatives upside the head for their vanity and cluelessness. But that wouldn't be proper, would it?

Persuasion is a thinner book than most of Austen's previous works, but still has a lot going for it. A family in debt that has to rent out their estate while they take a smaller place (horrifying to the father and Anne's sister, Elizabeth), some new friends come into Anne's life, and some old ones like her old schoolmate Mrs. Smith and (now) Captain Wentworth, who she'd been engaged …

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