Persuasione
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Persuasion tells the love story of Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth, whose sister rents Miss Elliot's father's house, after the Napoleonic Wars come to an end. The story is set in 1814. The book itself is Jane Austen's last published book, published posthumously in December of 1818.
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3.75 but only if compared to other Austen's books I read, otherwise it's a solid 4.5 read. I had some issues in falling in love with the protagonist, so different from all the other young ladies described by Austen in her previous stories. Sometimes I even forgot about her while the story was developing.
The first part of the book was a bit slow, but the second was in pure Austen-revealing-all-the-drama-style that I enjoy so much.
The more I read her novels the more I'm amazed by how she was such a bright and strong woman, absolutely ahead of her time and still relatable and relevant nowadays.
