Gersande La Flèche rated Persuasion: 5 stars

Persuasion by Jane Austen
Persuasion is the last novel completed by Jane Austen. It was published on December 20, 1817, along with Northanger Abbey, …
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Persuasion is the last novel completed by Jane Austen. It was published on December 20, 1817, along with Northanger Abbey, …
Well, that was cheerful. And I'm noticing so many more little similarities between Persuasion and P&P and the evolution from P&P to Persuasion is very interesting to think about. The use of the epistolary is so good.
"Our Dragon doesn't eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them …
The beginning is actually better than I remember it. I remember thinking the beginning was a bit too bland, a bit too cookie-cutter, but I think there were little details I missed, or maybe that got flattened as I got further into the book. Or maybe I'm just better at paying attention to those little not-really-hidden things that are interesting.
I remember liking Uprooted a lot, despite how well it follows many romantasy/fairy-tale tropes to the letter. Revisiting to see if it holds up against my memory (I originally talked about Uprooted on my blog a million years ago.)
Pride and Prejudice is an 1813 novel of manners written by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of …
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Set in an addicts' hallway house and a tennis academy, and featuring one of the …
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@leifur you might want to check this out