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Persuasion

Advantages: It's an Austen classic - it was a pleasure to read
Disadvantages: Took a few pages to adjust to the sentence structure

Persuasion - Jane Austin Easily enticed to read this one… I have read Pride and Prejudice and; of course, I loved it. This prompted me to read another of Jane Austen’s works and after reading positive reviews I decided on this one. Easy to ge ...

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I'm persuaded of the worth of this book

Advantages: Absorbing story
Disadvantages: Not as humorous as Austen's earlier work

...From Jane Austen's first full-length novel to her last: after reviewing Northanger Abbey, I've moved on to Persuasion. Both novels were published together after Austen's death in 1818, but whereas Northanger Abbey had been completed in 1798, Persuasion ha ...

Absinthe_Fairy 16.12.2011 · Read full review
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Jane Austen's well respected for a reason...

Advantages: thought provoking, describes character well, good story line
Disadvantages: some people may not feel themes as relevant in current lifestyles

I devoured “Pride & Prejudice” (P&P) and “Sense & Sensibility” (S&S) two Summers ago, and was eager to read more of Jane Austen. I bought “Persuasion” shortly after, but decided not to start reading it due to a change in my life circumstances. The Jane Au ...

shoppingpenguin 20.09.2010 · Read full review
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A wonderful love story

Advantages: Best love story in fiction
Disadvantages: None

One September, more years ago than I want to remember, I had just joined the lower sixth, agog to start on my A-level English texts.I was lucky enough to have a grandpa who, though just a very humble working class man who'd had virtually no education at a ...

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Sheer perfection from the wonderful Miss Austen

Advantages: Another Austen masterpiece
Disadvantages: None

“Persuasion”, one of six completed novels by Jane Austen, though written in 1815-16, was not published until 1818, a year after its author’s death at the age of forty-one. The story centres on the Elliot family: Sir Walter and his th ...

sheri3004 15.09.2005 · Read full review
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