Austen, Jane - Persuasion

[oyceter]

Errr... thanks to strange inability to concentrate on anything for over five minutes, I honestly don't remember very much of what goes on. So, no real impression of the character of either Anne Elliott or Captain Wentworth, sadly.

It did seem like something I would have liked, given the entire lost love angle. I also really desperately wanted for someone to ask me what I was reading so I could hold it up and say, "Oh, just a Regency."

I was incredibly surprised at Louisa Musgrove's fate -- it seems like much more action than normally takes place in an Austen book, but perhaps I say that because I have only read three. I also squeed over Captain Wentworth's letter in the end. I find it interesting that many of the climactic moments in Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice are told or happen because of letters.

Er. Anyhow. Perhaps I will have more intelligent comments when I reread it sometime.

ETA:
coffeeandink's review

Comments

[deevalish.livejournal.com]

I love Jane Austen. I never ever really considered myself a romatic until I read Jane Austen. I liked her idea of romance. I loved how the climatic scenes occured when the moment was "quiet". Loved Wentworth's letter. Loved how Anne had such a private moment in such a busy and not-so-quiet environ. Just plain loved it. The BBC adaptation was pretty good, too.

I've read four of her books. Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion and Mansfield Park. In that order. I've also got the dvd's. I'm obsessed, I know.

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I've read... Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and now Persuasion (in that order). And I obsessively watch the BBC/A&E version of Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy!). My favorite right now is still P&P because of the snark and because I adore Mr. Darcy's first proposal in all its insulting glory.

I love Wentworth's letter! Awwwww ^_^.

[deevalish.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I haul out the P&P dvd's every now and again just to watch the first proposal and then the ensuing, "I'll show her I'm not arrogant!". Colin Firth is just so good. He's one of the reasons I watched Love, Actually and Bridget Jones's Diary. I also watch Emma just for Jeremy Northam.

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Mmmm yes ^_^. I was laughing my head off when Bridget Jones was ogling over shirtless Colin Firth in the book. That was so me and my college roommates!! "Rewind, rewind!!"