Persuasion
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- fiction, romance, historical, regency
- love stories, english
- moški in ženske
- v leposlovju
- medosebni odnosi
- družbene razmere
- social life and customs
- rejection (psychology)
- officers
- great britain. royal navy
The story
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.
What it’s like
Crisp, measured Regency prose with a warm, wry narrator who slips easily between Anne's private reflections and the drawing-room comedy around her. The sensory world is one of autumn lanes, seaside Lyme with its wind and cold sea air, and the bustle of Bath's pump rooms and assembly halls, all rendered through small domestic detail: letters carried in pockets, gloves, a dining table arranged for precedence. The vibe is wistful and quietly bittersweet, with a steady undertow of hope, best suited to a slow Sunday afternoon with tea, a late-autumn evening by the fire, or a reread when you want something tender without melodrama. Pacing is unhurried and observational, with long conversational passages punctuated by a few charged moments of glance and overheard remark. The emotional register is restrained and intimate: a thoughtful, faded woman, long overlooked by her family, gradually recovers her own voice and self-respect while a once-proud naval officer's pride softens into openness. There is no violence, no sexual content, and little real danger, only social sting and the ache of old regret. It suits readers who love witty social observation, second-chance romance, and heroines whose strength is quiet, patient, and deeply felt.
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