Persuasion (Illustrated by Hugh Thomson) (Paperback)

from brenzi

Love lost and love renewed, but oh so much more complicated when it occurs in upper English society. And who better to lay it out for us than Jane Austen. The plot is fairly uncomplicated: Anne Elliot is the overlooked middle daughter of the arrogant baronet Walter Elliot, who spends flagrantly b...

from Eurydice

My favorite among Austen's novels, Persuasion beautifully and resonatingly explores issues of persuasion and influence, through Anne Elliot's relationships with her family and the returning Captain Wentworth. The naval families have an unusual and beguiling warmth. It's in stark contrast to Anne ...

from Bodagirl

For a long time, I've said that Persuasion was my favorite of Austen's novel, but this reread has made me reevaluate. While Austen is still poking fun at English society, Anne is a very non-modern heroine who comes across as a most tragic character: hemmed in by the society's strictures, taken ad...

from lauralkeet

I often find it difficult to review great classic literature -- what can I say that hasn't already been said? And so it is with Persuasion, one of Jane Austen's later works. This novel tells the story of Anne Elliot, an unmarried woman in her late 20s. Several years before, she was persuaded to b...

from LisaMaria_C

This is my favorite of all of Austen's books. Not the wittiest or with the most appealing heroine--that would be Pride and Prejudice. Nor the funniest. That imo would be Emma. I do find Wentworth the most appealing of the Austen heroes though. He's a self-made man and the theme of merit versus ar...