Review: Persuasion

Persuasion by Jane Austen
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a wonderful story on the virtue of quiet intelligence, authentic love and true honor. Often referred to as the perfect novel, Austen lovers will not be disappointed in Persuasion.

There are an abundance of false scoundrels, avaricious whims, and pompous fools and they all drag down the courageous and long-suffering in a kind of pastoral good vs. evil fight to the end. Really great stuff!

It had real pace, and for a book with single sentences spanning one-third of the page, although beautiful and perfect sentences, this quick pace was much appreciated.

Reading Austin is like going to the opera. It feels foreign, yet it is thoroughly enriching; either in spite of the fact that the "stage" is so foreign to modern life, or because of this. Who wouldn't want Anne as a dear friend and be better for it? Who wouldn't be wiser and better for having a mentor like Captain Wentworth?

I'm always sad when I finish such a fine read as this. Two thumbs up!

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