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It's been many years since I read a Jane Austen novel. Would I like her as much now as I did when I read her PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and EMMA? I was 14 then. Answer: no. Or is it fair to compare those novels to PERSUASION, which was published after Austen died?
I don't remember needing to reread many paragraphs in order to understand them when I read PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and EMMA. But that is exactly why it took me a week to read PERSUASION, which is short and should have been a quick read.
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I don't remember needing to reread many paragraphs in order to understand them when I read PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and EMMA. But that is exactly why it took me a week to read PERSUASION, which is short and should have been a quick read.
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Yeah, so it's Jane Austen and she seems to be able to do no wrong. A wonderful story about lost love found.
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My first impression of Persuasion was that Jane Austen writes some interesting and detailed characters. Right from page one, Sir Walter was my favorite character. He’s a jerk, yeah, but he’s hilarious. I don’t know that the characters in this book are as modern as they are in say Pride and Prejudice, but the author’s brutal honesty, especially about the less appealing characters, is always entertaining. The whole story made me really think about how much other people influence our lives and whet
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Jan 21, 2009
Renna Mira (AKA Enna Isilee)
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Done! Yeah! Woohoo! Not that it wasn't good, but I'm really excited to start reading things a little less... dense.
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favorite of Jane Austen books
Aug 23, 2007
Jeanne Bufkin
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Jul 02, 2008
Casey
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it was amazing
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Sep 19, 2010
Jenn
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Sep 17, 2011
Karen K. Miller
marked it as own-need-to-read
Jan 13, 2012
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Mhari
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Mar 12, 2012
Diane
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Summer
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