There’s something about this novel, out of all Jane Austen’s work, that wounds me with so much tenderness. It’s been weeks, and I feel like Persuasion is still excavating feelings from me.Persuasion is heartbreakingly lovely. In this novel, Austen accesses the universal—how we love, how we yearn, how we survive in perpetual loss—by painting a very intimate portrait of a woman caught in the never-ending ache of love and sorrow. It’s a story about regret and family, about loss and remembrance, abo...

I’m a firm believer in reading a book before the movie comes out. In this case, I revisited Persuasion, by the incomparable Jane Austen before the 2022 movie. Say what you will, but I think you can get something new out of a Jane Austen novel every time you return to it. Persuasion is a good reminder that true love is worth fighting for and no one can tell you who or what is worth your time, but you.

We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us.Perhaps many this year have inwardly uttered similar sighs, more or less confined to their house, weeks without a chance to see friends or loved ones turning into months, perhaps even missing the everyday routine of having a chat at the coffee machine in the office. Things can get pretty dark without seeing a perspective.Readers however can rely on a priceless panacea : when our own thoughts, emotions or tribulations simply are gett...

welcome to...PERSUAS(JULY)ON?god, that was the worst attempt at a title/month pun yet. i'm so sorry. if it helps, i wish i never started this, but now here we are, all of us in a sisyphus situation at the start of every new project. except worse. the guy who's getting his guts eaten on the daily by a big bird. prometheus.(isn't that kind of the most torturous part of that punishment - that he clearly has it so much worse than sisyphus and yet in comparison, zero household name recognition? tough...

One of the major sources of contention and strife in my marriage is the disagreement between my wife and me over what is the best Jane Austen novel (yes, we are both more than a bit geekish in our love of words and literature--our second biggest ongoing quarrel is about the merits of the serial comma). For my money, there are three of Austen's six finished novels that one can make a good argument for being her "best": "Pride and Prejudice" (the popular choice, and my wife's) "Emma" (the educated...

Why did no one tell me mama Austen was the founder of second chance romance and yearning

I wanted to read this before the new Netflix adaptation comes out later this year.I found it quite slow paced but things do pick up in the last 100 pages. I still love Austen's writing, humour and wit but didn't care as much about this book compared to Emma and Pride and Prejudice.Loved when Anne corrected a man about "women being more fickle in love" by mentioning that he was basing his opinion on books... written by men!I did watch the 2007 movie and that kissing scene has given me enough seco...

Jane Austen understood that nothing is sexier than standing seven feet away from someone, making brief eye contact, and then going home. You have to love her for that.

Jane Austen never disappoints me! This was the first time I've read this book, and, since it's one of her less popular novels, I didn't know what to expect. However, I quickly was swept up into the story and felt all of Anne's emotions like they were my own. I really enjoyed how, unlike the other Austen novels I've read, this one focuses on love lost and how, over time, people change in some ways but remain the same in other ways. Anne and Captain Wentworth aren't my favorite Austen characters, ...

One of my favourite second-chance romances, and my favourite Austen.