While not my favorite from the Austen canon, Persuasion was an enjoyable diversion and well worth the time. But, once it became clear that the trouble was with the editing and not the story, I mentally reworded or figured out the correct structure and began to read apace.Īs always with Austen, it was readily apparent how the book would end and, yet, Jane did an excellent job of setting up road blocks and tormenting her heroine. Commas and quote marks were thrown around willy-nilly, words misspelled, text tangled and, the result was a difficult reading experience. It took me quite a while to get into this particular Austen, but I eventually figured out the problem had to do with the edition, not the author. And, then, Anne has an interesting conversation with a mutual friend. Thrown together and then pulled apart by numerous events, it seems unlikely that they'll ever resolve their differences. But, when they cross paths, there is pain and anger in Captain Wentworth's eyes.
Anne knows that, given a second chance with Wentworth, she would grab it with all her might.
Age has brought self-awareness and a firm resolve to our heroine. The wife of the admiral who is renting the Elliott estate turns out to be none other than the sister of Frederick, now Captain Wentworth, who is home from the navy and independently wealthy. Now, years later, the Elliott household is in upheaval after her father's careless handling of funds has forced the family to rent the estate and move to a humbler home in Bath. But, thanks to the persuasion of her most trusted mother-substitute friend, Lady Russell, she broke the engagement off, only to end up pining for Wentworth and slowly losing her youthful glow. Persuasion by Jane Austen - Anne Elliott was engaged to and very much in love with the dashing but impoverished Frederick Wentworth. Persuasion and The Last Single Woman in America could not possibly be a more contrasting pair - one about chaste, enduring love and another about what it means for one woman to be a single woman in America (moral ambiguity figures largely into the latter, in my opinion).
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