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Laddar... Persuasion: With a Memoir of Jane Austen (urspr publ 1817; utgåvan 1998)av Jane Austen (Författare), D. W. Harding (Redaktör)
VerksinformationPersuasion / A Memoir of Jane Austen av Jane Austen (1817)
![]() Ingen/inga Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. ![]() ![]() One of my favourite books of all time; on a recent re-read, probably one of the best stories ever written. Perhaps because Miss Austen knew she had not long to live, the writing is much more concentrated and swiftly paced; Emma seemed so long on re-reading that I began to lose interest in her and Mr K, and was bored stiff by Frank Churchill, Jane, and especially Harriet. The gradual changes in the feelings of Anne and Captain Wentworth are beautifully modulated. I kept finding myself about to weep, the writing is so moving. While other Austen novels concern first love, Persuasion is about second chances, and is a slighter darker, more adult affair than her other works. Yet like other Austen novels, nothing really happens in Persuasion, and yet the story is momentous. At once a satire of the confined world of early 19th century domesticity and comportment, the book is also a moving romance that still readily applies to anyone lucky enough to fall in love. This is the genius of Austen, to plumb the depths of our strongest emotions while seemingly remaining on the glittering surface of drawling room gossip. Austen is an unparallel stylist, her sentences wither and forgive her subjects with dazzling strokes. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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In her final novel, as in her earlier ones, Jane Austen uses a love story to explore and gently satirize social pretensions and emotional confusion. Persuasion follows the romance of Anne Elliot and naval officer Frederick Wentworth. They were happily engaged until Anne's friend, Lady Russell, persuaded her that Frederick was "unworthy." Now, eight years later, Frederick returns, a wealthy captain in the navy, while Anne's family teeters on the edge of bankruptcy. They still love each other, but their past mistakes threaten to keep them apart. Austen may seem to paint on a small canvas, but her characters contain the full range of human passion and moral complexity, and the author's generous spirit renders them all with understanding, compassion, and humor. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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![]() GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.7Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Early 19th century 1800-37Klassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg:![]()
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