Persuasion by Jane Austen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

To all you classic pretties,

To me, I enjoyed this. It wasn't as humorous as Pride and Prejudice, but I found it more mature and romantic. Though there were many moments that I just wanted to shake Anne.


I had my husband look up how much 25,000 pounds would be equivalent to today's economy; closest he could come up with would be around 1.3 million. That, my pretties, blew my fu#%&ng mind! This country girl could live for a lifetime and longer. Was I speaking about myself or Anne, who knows?

This really focused on the Navel aspect of Britannia, my dad and grandfather were Navy men as well, and I identified with some of the language from the characters little conversation.
There was also a wonderful absence of the clergy and supporting details in this book, which now reflecting on it more seems out of character in Austin's writings. It seems that Persuasion had a lot of room to have been fleshed out, but sadly Austin passed away while writing.

Who knew that she would still be breaking hearts 200 years later? I am now officially done with Jane Austin, unless college makes me read it again.(Finally, getting to go back to school. HOO-Ray! I wonder if 8 years of self-education will be able make it easier to take on that English and History major?) There have been lots of laughs and many tears, but I will never regret the day I first read her works, because I wanted to. Goodbye Jane.
Lots of love,
shizuku

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“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.”

“My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.' 'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.”

“I walk: I prefer walking.”