"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope ... I have loved none but you."
What would any fall read-a-thon be without at least one Jane Austen book, am I right? Persuasion may not be one of her more popular or widely-known ones, but it still captures the essence of her writing and brings us characters from the Regency era that we either fall in love with, or want to strangle on sight. Anne and Captain Wentworth might even have benefited from the stronger obscurity that surrounds them as opposed to, say, Lizzie and Mr. Darcy. But if you want a story about constant, lasting love, then this just might be the book for you after all.
Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. All the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love?
(from Goodreads)
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