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“Critics, especially [recently], value Persuasion highly, as the author’s ‘most deeply felt fiction,’ ‘the novel which in the end the experienced reader of Jane Austen puts at the head of the list.’ . . . Anne wins back Wentworth and wins over the reader; we may, like him, end up thinking Anne’s character ‘perfection itself.’” –from the Introduction by Judith Terry
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About the Author
Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction set among the gentry have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature. She was born in Steventon rectory on 16th December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath and then to Chawton in Hampshire. She wrote from a young age and Pride and Prejudice was begun when she was twenty-two years old. It was initially rejected by the publisher she submitted it to and eventually published in 1813 after much revision. All four of her novels - Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815) published in her lifetime were published anonymously. Jane Austen died on 18th July 1817. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (both 1817) were published posthumously.
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Product details
Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics; Reprint edition (April 24, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0141197692
ISBN-13: 978-0141197692
Product Dimensions:
5.3 x 1 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.1 out of 5 stars
1,023 customer reviews
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#58,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Just so you know, I love Jane Austen. And I so looked forward to listening to Persuasion while I headed toward sleep. It's definitely my bad because I did not listen to the sample before I purchased the Audible edition. Now, when it comes to intonation, there are two ends of the spectrum: At one end, the intonation is a flat line. In other words, there is no intonation. At the other end of the spectrum is the Audible reading of Persuasion. Never have I heard so much intonation crammed into such a small amount of text. But an excess of intonation was not sufficient to cause the listener (me) to want to stab herself with a fork. It was the combination of intonation on steroids with excessive pauses (pauses before every phrase including two-word prepositional phrases) that finally caused me to leap out of bed and terminate the narration. I've learned my lesson. From now on I will listen to the sample.
EUREKA! I have found it. I have found the key word. The key word is “ENJOY.†I ENJOY being alive. I ENJOY breathing the air. I ENJOY being able to sleep, to dream, to think, to write. I ENJOY reading books. And I especially ENJOY writing personally-revealing reviews of personally-revealing books that ignite the imagination and send the mind flying!OK. OK. Enough about me. What about you? Why might you want read Jane Austen's "Persuasion"? Why, to ENJOY the book of course! To ENJOY reading Ms. Austen's writing!! But why stop there? Why not launch ourselves beyond the ENJOYMENT of reading the book? Why not keep going until we arrive at the ECSTASY of seeing, hearing, experiencing something imaginary, something ideal, something unreal, as if it were really happening right here, right now, in real life. Sounds great! But how? By bringing the book to life in one's mind. Yes. Yes. Yes. But how? How?? By seeing/hearing the 2007 movie “Persuasion,†starring Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones, BEFORE reading the book. That's how.I did see/hear the movie BEFORE I read the book. And I'm glad I did. As I was reading the book, the movie kept coming back to life in my mind. In addition, the book supplemented and expanded the movie by revealing, in depth and in detail, all those thoughts, feelings, incidents, and other little things that did not make their way into the movie.By means of the written word, a book can open a character's heart and mind to the reader. By means of voice-over, a movie can do the same kind of thing. But not to the EXTENT that a book can do. Point granted. But still! Whatever the movie may lack in such EXTENT is made up for, many times over, by the movie's astounding EFFECT.Indeed, as far as EFFECT goes, there is something in the movie that surpasses anything and everything in the book; in any other book I have ever read; in any other movie I have ever seen; and in any experience I have ever had in my entire life. That extraordinary "something" that I am raving about is the kiss scene. Not to mention the love letter -- and the race against time -- leading up to the kiss scene. Not just the kiss, mind you. The scene!There, in the kiss scene, a moment of time becomes an eternity of bliss. The infinity of space shrinks to nothing. Nothing except! Nothing except a small warm pocket of space wherein there is room enough for only two human beings, two people, a man and a woman, this man and this woman. Each is the whole world of the other. What will become a kiss evolves and revolves between the two of them, binary stars, paired, gradually encircling one another, beyond the reach of all the universe that is not their own. It is just the two of them. Nothing more. Nothing less.Try as I may, I cannot tell you in words. The book cannot tell you in words. You have to see the movie to believe it. Seeing it, hearing it, you will believe it, even though it is nothing but make-believe."Nothing but make-believe"?? What a thing to say! As if make-believe were of little or no value. A next to nothing sort of thing. A waste of time! of money!! of life itself!!! Ah, but think. Just stop for a moment and think. What would thinking be like without the make-believe of imagination? What would life be without the make-believe of dreaming? Such questions answer themselves. We cannot think without imagining. Nor can we live without dreaming. Nor can we make the most of life without make-believe. Gotta have it. Can't do without it. So, no more down-talking make-believe.OK. Agreed. Now that's settled, I can turn my back on things that do not interest me, and return to what does -- i.e., "Persuasion" -- the book and the movie (both of which, by the way, are "nothing but make-believe").Much as I much prefer books to movies, the 2007 movie of "Persuasion" is exceptional. So exceptional that, if I had to choose one over the other, either the book or the movie, I would choose the movie. By the grace of good fortune, however, I don't have to choose between the two. For, I have both: the movie and the book. Each is excellent. Both are superb. And the two together are scintillatingly synergistic. When push comes to shove, however, my mind must admit, and my heart must confess, that, to my way of thinking and feeling, the movie is even better than the book, simply because of the kiss scene.That kiss scene is so good, so well done, so realistic, so believable, that I believe it to be real, even though it is "nothing but make-believe." Is believing in make-believe such a bad thing? I think not. Speaking of thinking, consider this:Once you have seen/heard the love letter, the race against time, the kiss scene, and the other scenes in the movie, you can replay them in your mind by conducting "search and enjoy" missions: just pick up the book; flip to the juiciest pages; and read to your heart's content. What could be easier? What could be more enjoyable?? Certainly not the realities of everyday life. Ugh! Why get into that when you can get into this: a good book.
Since the reviews here seem to be of various editions I want to be clear I am reviewing the Audible version of Austen's Persuasion. This book was read by Sinead Dixon and while her narration is lovely the production value is very low. Dixon can be heard clearing her throat swallowing, and sniffling upon occasion, which undoubtedly will disturb folks with auditory issues. Additionally, papers can be heard shuffling in the background and in one chapter a horn is honking in the background. Finally, it is hard to hear at the highest volume setting on my devices. I have come to expect excellence from Audible and have a hard time believing this book has a cost associated with it as it is.I enjoy Austen's work and it was nice having it read aloud to me, I just expected more than I got. If you can find another narrator I suggest you purchase that version.
Jane Austen finished "Persuasion" in 1816, less than a year before her death. "Persuasion" is shorter than her other novels. It is however the polished work of a mature author, and easily holds its own with her other finished novels.As the story opens, Sir Walter Elliot, a vain and foppish baronet facing bankruptcy, is persuaded to rent his home and move his family to Bath to economize on expenses. The unmarried middle daughter, Anne, is assigned responsibility for closing up the house and turning it over to the prospsective renters. Anne is shocked to learn that the renters are an Admiral Croft and his wife, whose brother is her former fiancee Frederick Wentworth, once a young naval officer, now a wealthy captain. Their first encounter will be awkward and painful for Anne, who regrets not having married Wentworth. Wentworth himself is still in search of a wife. Thus begins a delicate dance. Can Wentworth pass up younger and more attractive women to take a second look at Anne? Is Anne herself clear in what she wants? Will the two former lovers find a way to a second chance to make the right choice?In this final novel, Anne wrestles with a dilemma common to Austen heroines, whether to marry for love or money and security. There is much humor and more than a little suspense in Austen's story, and an exploration of the dilemma. "Persuasion" is a well-written and moving story, filled with the usual well-developed characters and often biting social commentary of a Jane Austen novel. It is very highly recommended to her fans and to those readers looking for an excellent period romance.
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