Persuasion (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) -

Jane Austen

Penguin Classics

2015

496 páginas

16h 32m

ISBN-13: 9780143106289

Persuasion tells the story of Anne Elliot, a woman who - at twenty-seven - is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years ago, she was persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. When Anne and Frederick meet again, he has acquired both, but still feels the sting of her rejection. A brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, Austen's last completed novel is also a deeply felt and relatable love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities.

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Resenhas (63)

4 (Muito bom)

O último livro da minha releitura da obra de Jane Austen, também o último livro que li no meu primeiro encontro com a autora, e o último livro terminado por ela.
É um livro mais maduro, não só por ter ma heroína bem mais velha, mas por ter uma história focada no arrependimento, no amadurecimento, no olhar para o passado.
Wentworth é um verdadeiro herói e talvez o melhor personagem desse livro, ele sofreu e não esconde, tenta machucar a quem o machucou, mas perdoa, se arrepende, é humano.