Jane Austen

With an essay by Elizabeth Bowen 'Her attachment and regrets had, for a long time, clouded every enjoyment of youth; and an early loss of bloom and spirits had been their lasting effect' Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a moving, masterly and elegiac love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. It tells the story of Anne Elliot, who, persuaded to break off her engagement to the man she loved because he was not successful enough, has never forgotten him. When he returns, he brings with him a tantalizing second chance of happiness ... The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

Persuasion

Neesha Balapitiya 

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own, than when you almost broke it eight years and a half ago.

Liked the ending and liked the couple of the concepts but it’s was just ok was hoping it be better 

Hannah Alexander 

I loved and enjoyed Pride and Prejudice so much that I had really high expectations for this novel but, unfortunately, this turned out to be a huge disappointment. A lot of the characters had similar names making it confusing to remember who’s who especially since most of them weren’t that memorable. The synopsis gave emphasis and focused on how this would be some sort of second chance romance between Fredrick Wentworth and Anne but there’s no actual buildup to this nor are the readers given a history on their past relationship. Although this is set during the early centuries and in breeding could still be a thing, am I the only one disturbed by the fact that Anne and Mr. Elliot have “romantic potential” despite being cousins???

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