Persuasion
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (741 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 078617353X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 479 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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In this case, she had allowed herself to be persuaded by a trusted family friend that the young man she loved wasn't an adequate match, social stationwise, and that Anne could do better. But then the guy she never stopped loving comes back from the sea. The novel opens some seven years after Anne sent her beau packing, and she's still alone. . Anne Elliot, heroine of Austen's last novel, did something we can all relate to: Long ago, she let the love of her life get away. As always, Austen's storytelling is so confident, you can't help but allow yourself to be taken on the enjoyable journey
Alison Larkin Narrates the Jane Austen Classic Pride and Prejudice Beautifully - I Really Love Her Regency Songs at the End! Laura's Reviews Title: Pride and Prejudice with Songs from Regency EnglandAuthor: Jane AustenRead by: Alison LarkinPublisher: British Classic AudioLength: Approximately 13 hours and 29 minutesSource: Review Copy from author Alison Larkin - Thank-you!A perfect book for the Valentine’s Day holiday this month, Pride and Prejudice is one of the most romantic novels that have ever been written. What a delight it has been to listen to the audiobook version of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen wonderfully narrated by Alison Larkin. It made my daily commute much more enjoyable. Alison Larkin has a perfect voice for narration and had unique “voices&rd. Progress? What Progress? It is universally acknowledged to be an endeavor fraught with peril to re-tell a famous author's successful classic novel. Nonetheless, Alexander McCall Smith has essayed to re-tell in modern terms Jane Austen's Emma. he succeedfor the most part. McCall Smith varies little from the structure of the original, though he does tinker with a few elements and compresses the action in the heart of the book. He with his usual endearing and funny flair in updating this story of an erstwhile aristocratic matchmaker. He takes satiric (albeit gentle) aim at many aspects of modern society: language, manners, phobias, national traits, etc. From time to . "To top up with excellence" according to Edwin Relf. It's a thing. I re read an Austen every year. To me Austen is the writer who took earlier forays into the writing of novels, from Don Quixote to her, and put in the floor – the basis of all good novels since. Her writing is an exemplar of how English is best written. Sentence length, use of punctuation, rhythm and tone make for reading out loud. Perhaps, in her day, that is how many people absorbed her stories. They heard them as others read them aloud. In that vein, any direct speech, usually of some length, carries the sound of that character and her characters are so rounded to their personality and to type. The playwright Harold
When Wentworth returns from the Napoleonic Wars as a captain of wealth and rank, Anne must confront her remorse and her unrequited love for him as he courts another woman. Sir Walter Elliot has raised his three daughters with his own sense of haughty pride. Elizabeth, at twenty-eight, has found no one good enough to marry, while Mary has, with some condescension, married the son of the local squire. This is a story of second chances, humility, and the perseverance of love.. The last novel completed by Jane Austen before her death, Persuasion is often thought to reflect on the author's own lost love. The youngest, Anne, was persuaded to throw off her fiance, Frederick Wentworth, eight years ago due to his lowly statio