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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
emotional
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this was the most fun i think I've had reading an Austen novel. I have becoming more familiar with her writing so it was quite easy for me to understand and the writing was just impeccable. You can tell she was a well experienced writer by this point. P&P is still my favourite story but the 2005 movie is mostly responsible for that tehe so this is now tied for my favourite book. Anne and Wentworth were killing it in the yearning department and omg the tension while he was writing the letter. There is such growth and learning from mistakes in this book and the way Anne feels for so long that their love is lost then the slow rising of hope as she realizes he still loves her. Like the scene at the concert was so good. Anne was also just a really interesting character. Where Lizzy was more outspoken and advocating for herself, Anne was easily persuaded and more of a wallflower. But it was short and sweet and bingeable and I really loved it.
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
funny
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I was really looking forward to this book. P&P is one of my favorites, and the reason for that is the dialogue between Mr. Darcy and Liz Bennett. Anne and Wentworth spent more time avoiding each other, making it uncomfortable. I found there to be too much description of the situation than actual talking. This won't sway from trying out another Austen book.
Subtle reflections on duty, love, class and persuasion, hilarious moments, but at the end of the day I just don't care about the love lives of landlords and colonists
A beautiful book. Heartbreakingly touching. Yes, there’s some of the frivolity and repartee seen in Emma but the tenderness is so much more evident, Austen grown-ups? The action really starts in third chapter, although the demolition of Sir Walter’s character and setting of the scene in chapters one and two are fun. By chapter three it becomes apparent Anne is to be the main character.
Anne Elliot is the second daughter of the vain Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall. Her mother has died and a friend of her mother’s, Lady Russell, has been her guide since. We learn that 8 years earlier Anne fell in love with a Captain Wentworth but was persuaded by Lady Russell to end it as he had little prospects to be attached to a daughter of a baronet.
Sir Walter is in debt and instead of cutting expenses agrees to rent out the Hall and move the family to a rented house in Bath. Anne is dismayed and having to move away but accepts it is her duty. It turns out Captain Wentworth’s sister (who is married to Admiral Croft) is to rent Kellynch Hall. She hears that Wentworth is back in the country and is now rich.
Anne stays on to be with her younger sister Mary and meets the Crofts. She finds them charming and welcoming. Captain Wentworth is there and Anne is formally courteous to him. On a walk Wentworth seems to be becoming close to Louisa, daughter of Mary’s neighbours the Musgroves. Anne overhears Louisa explaining that Anne rejected Charles Musgrove’s offer of engagement a few years ago.
It is clear Anne still has feelings for Wentworth and there then follows series of events where they gradually move closer into each other’s orbit. Most exciting of which is the visit of a group of them to Lyme Regis. During it Louisa, who was attaching herself to Captain Wentworth jumps off the Cobb into his arms but he drops her and suffers a concussion. He is mortified. Captain Benwick who lives nearby assists Louisa.
Anne offers to stay to look after Louisa but Mary insists she stays instead and Anne moves to Bath. There her cousin William Elliot (heir to Kellynch Hall as Sir Walter has no male heir) is attaching himself to her family. She does not initially trust him but he is politeness itself. He hints he is interested in her.
The Crofts arrive in Bath and report Louisa is much recovered. Anne has had word from Mary that Captain Benwick had been a constant companion of Louisa and they are now bethroved. Anne is relieved Wentworth is single again. She sees him in Bath. Various events pass where they are more cordial to each other. At this time Anne discovers an old teacher of hers is in Bath and she has much reduced means and a recounts why. William Elliot was her husband’s friend and advised them badly. Since her husband’s death he won’t help her even though he is executor. Seeing William Elliot has not reformed she means to let her family know. At a visit to the Crofts in Bath she sees Wentworth and is called over by his friend while Wentworth writes a letter. They are writing to Captain Benwick. Anne speaks of how women are more constant than men. Wentworth leaves soon after then returns pointing out a letter for Anne before leaving again. In it he speaks of his constant love for her. And if she were only to give him a signal they could be reunited. Walking home some time later they meet and are reunited.
She persuades Lady Russell that Wentworth is now a suitable match and they are married. William Elliot leaves on hearing of the engagement and Mrs Clay, the frivolous young friend of Elizabeth, goes with him.
I suppose the moral of the book might be that love will find a way. (Provided of course there’s a fortune too?)
Anne Elliot is the second daughter of the vain Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall. Her mother has died and a friend of her mother’s, Lady Russell, has been her guide since. We learn that 8 years earlier Anne fell in love with a Captain Wentworth but was persuaded by Lady Russell to end it as he had little prospects to be attached to a daughter of a baronet.
Sir Walter is in debt and instead of cutting expenses agrees to rent out the Hall and move the family to a rented house in Bath. Anne is dismayed and having to move away but accepts it is her duty. It turns out Captain Wentworth’s sister (who is married to Admiral Croft) is to rent Kellynch Hall. She hears that Wentworth is back in the country and is now rich.
Anne stays on to be with her younger sister Mary and meets the Crofts. She finds them charming and welcoming. Captain Wentworth is there and Anne is formally courteous to him. On a walk Wentworth seems to be becoming close to Louisa, daughter of Mary’s neighbours the Musgroves. Anne overhears Louisa explaining that Anne rejected Charles Musgrove’s offer of engagement a few years ago.
It is clear Anne still has feelings for Wentworth and there then follows series of events where they gradually move closer into each other’s orbit. Most exciting of which is the visit of a group of them to Lyme Regis. During it Louisa, who was attaching herself to Captain Wentworth jumps off the Cobb into his arms but he drops her and suffers a concussion. He is mortified. Captain Benwick who lives nearby assists Louisa.
Anne offers to stay to look after Louisa but Mary insists she stays instead and Anne moves to Bath. There her cousin William Elliot (heir to Kellynch Hall as Sir Walter has no male heir) is attaching himself to her family. She does not initially trust him but he is politeness itself. He hints he is interested in her.
The Crofts arrive in Bath and report Louisa is much recovered. Anne has had word from Mary that Captain Benwick had been a constant companion of Louisa and they are now bethroved. Anne is relieved Wentworth is single again. She sees him in Bath. Various events pass where they are more cordial to each other. At this time Anne discovers an old teacher of hers is in Bath and she has much reduced means and a recounts why. William Elliot was her husband’s friend and advised them badly. Since her husband’s death he won’t help her even though he is executor. Seeing William Elliot has not reformed she means to let her family know. At a visit to the Crofts in Bath she sees Wentworth and is called over by his friend while Wentworth writes a letter. They are writing to Captain Benwick. Anne speaks of how women are more constant than men. Wentworth leaves soon after then returns pointing out a letter for Anne before leaving again. In it he speaks of his constant love for her. And if she were only to give him a signal they could be reunited. Walking home some time later they meet and are reunited.
She persuades Lady Russell that Wentworth is now a suitable match and they are married. William Elliot leaves on hearing of the engagement and Mrs Clay, the frivolous young friend of Elizabeth, goes with him.
I suppose the moral of the book might be that love will find a way. (Provided of course there’s a fortune too?)