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... it too. @125: If anything musical comes to mind, I'll let you know. I don't think I've seen the screen adaptation of Persuasion. I may have to look for it, since it's my second favorite Austen. But I already have a stack of DVDs lying around because I sit down in front of the TV so ...

... give in yet. May the Internet have many long and happy days ahead. Ah well. Just finished watching the film adaption of Persuasion again. I think I have to reread the book this year:)

... just a quick wrap-up of my impressions: Some of the books had been waiting on my 'on temporary hold' pile for years. Persuasion, Mansfield Park and Pale Fire had all been abandoned half-way through app. 2 years ago and now I finally finished them - which was hard work for me in case ...

... Complaint 12.The Turn of the Screw 13.I hate myself and want to die 14.Pale Fire 15.Kafka on the Shore 16.Persuasion 17.Mansfield Park 18.The Reader (German version) by Bernhard Schlink 19.Measuring the World (German version) by Daniel Kehlmann (I added the ...

... So far, my favorite of the films we've watched for class is Clueless, but the best is still to come: the Hinds/Root Persuasion. :D Speaking of that adaptation, I'm currently working on a paper comparing the use of propriety (or lack thereof) and nonverbal communication in different ...

... and breathtaking... about what I'm reading now? In March? Who knows.... Well now that I have you here: I just finished Persuassion, which was picked up after an extensive and dangerous Austen Film binge, an immersion so deep, that I sort of surprised and dissapointed that didn't wake up in ...

Hinds has done a great deal of period film work, including Persuasion, Ivanhoe, The Mayor of Casterbridge, "Rome," and Amazing Grace. In general, I admire his work greatly, but am not sure I would like his Rochester. Of course, I'm probably far too attached to the Fontaine/Welles ...

... would never be interested in her books - ?her writing is always thought to be in the female domain. My favourite is Persuasion also, but I really think, as said above, Austen offers mutli-layered and varied characters. I am reading Elizabeth Gaskell right now, and although good, she ...

... Tolstoy 32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens 33 The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S Lewis 34 Emma - Jane Austen 35 Persuasion - Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe C.S. Lewis 37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden 40 Winnie ...

#36, #37 Hooray! Mansfield Park fans :-) I find it almost impossible to rank the Austen novels. I know Persuasion is my favourite but after that I just can't decide. I think Northanger Abbey is probably the one I enjoy least but I think that's because I don't know enough about what she's ...

... Austen could write about characters like Fanny as well as Emma and Lizzie Bennet, and then older characters like Anne in Persuasion -- that diversity -- to be what makes her such a good novelist. Her characters are individuals and all flawed in different ways.

... her ability to stand firm for what she thinks is "right." After P&P and Emma this is probably my next favorite--although Persuasion is also a good one! Actually, I like them all, although S&S is my least favorite. Northanger Abbey is another highly underrated work--such a fun spoof on the ...

... of 6 Austen novels. I think my list of preferences would run as: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion, Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey. I liked Mansfield Park but I wanted Edward to be a stronger character and standing up for what he wanted, which ...

... complimentary about someone. At this point, I feel I'm settling in on preferences that run as: Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, Emma, Sense and Sensibility. I wonder what Northanger Abbey will bring when I try it later this year?

... never really clicks, and the build-up to the climax fizzles out rather. Off the shelf - into the shop! 2) Persuasion by Jane Austen (5*) - I can't believe I overlooked this for so long. It's romantic and beautifully written, pulling together everything that makes Jane Austen ...

... the bookshop! The Ones I've Pried Off Mount TBR So Far 1) Sunshine - Robin McKinley 2) Persuasion - Jane Austen 3) Thunderball - Ian Fleming 4) Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Sex and Science - Mary Roach 5) North and South - ...

Hi April. Persuasion and Lord of the Rings are two of my favourite books. I really enjoyed The Book of Lost Things when I read it earlier this month and I also love Margaret Atwood and picked up a copy of Bluebeard's Egg yesterday! That's some good reading! Heather

I don't know, TUK. Almost every verse in that chapter could have an application to the themes of Persuasion. I don't really have the time or desire to go searching. You'll just have to dazzle us. I finished Leithart's book. It was very good. I'm still formulating my thoughts for a coherent ...

... Park has some issue with the personality of Fanny. P&P is def my favorite, followed by Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion, neck and neck. Then this and Emma, both of which have problematic heroines, in different ways. I'm being a stay at home loafer, too. It's scary how easily I ...

... of that position will continue for very long, as we still have Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Persuasion to go. Next week, though, we'll be making our detour for Cold Comfort Farm. (I plan to review The Castle in the Attic, Emma, and Mansfield soon, in ...

... how the last half goes. I definitely like Pride and Prejudice better than it, so far. It's kind of neck and neck with Persuasion right now. I'll be very interested to see what you think when you're done.

... read any others ever again: 1. The Portrait of a Lady 2. A Room with a View 3. Pride and Prejudice 4. Persuasion 5. Summerland 6. The Sonnets 7. Paradise Lost 8. Blandings Castle 9. Beowulf (Heaney) 10. Love in a Cold Climate

... R. R. Tolkien The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Dracula by Bram Stoker Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Persuasion by Jane Austen Leave it to Psmith by P.G.Wodehouse Thud! by Terry Pratchett Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins The ...

Oh dear, this is a difficult one! I suspect that if you came back to me on another day, many of them (bar Persuasion, the Somerset Maugham and The Princess Bride) may alter depending on my mood (hence the lists for DWJ & Elizabeth Gaskell), but for today, in no particular order (except ...

... Heyer 3. The Gadfly by E. L. Voynich 4. The Pride of Chanur by C. J. Cherryh (and the rest of the series) 5. Persuasion by Jane Austen 6. Prudence of the Parsonage by Ethel Hueston (and the rest of the series) 7. The Heaven Tree by Edith Pargeter (and the rest of the trilogy) ...

How do I know these are my favorites? Because I give them as gifts year after year: Persuasion by Jane Austen The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon Bel Canto by Ann Patchett To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Help ...

... The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco 6. The Screwtape Letters – CS Lewis 7. Cotillion – Georgette Heyer** 8. Persuasion – Jane Austen 9. 84 Charing Cross Road – Helene Hanff 10. Barchester Towers – Anthony Trollope **I could have picked any of about eight by this ...

5. Persuasion-felt the need to read it for the umpteenth time rather than sleep

... Portuguese literature The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Subclass PR - English literature Persuasion by Jane Austen Subclass PS - American literature Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier, (though I'm tempted to prefer a biography:

... been busy, I know, that's the standard excuse! 59: fanny, thanks. And yes, I do know someone here who loves the 2007 Persuasion and doesn't want to watch the Hinds/Root version because she doesn't care for Hinds as an actor. I think it is a terrible pity, but I'm not going to force my ...

... the Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart Lovelace and lots of the other girls' classics. Now I'm more likely to return to Persuasion or the two Gatherer of Clouds books by Sean Russell. I read it in another comment here on LT: who needs drugs when you have access to the comfort, familiarity ...

... film in my opinion - it mops up the not so good bits!), but I love the relationship between the two eldest sisters. Persuasion is and will always be my absolute favourite though (although Pride and Prejudice is not far behind...)

... without the time-zone confusion. When I'm off work today it's almost weekend again:) I agree with you flissp, I do think Persuasion is my favorite, though it's been a while since I read P&P and I quite like that one too. Though I can hardly say I dislike any of her stories. I no nothing of No ...

... the talk about her books in Ellie's thread when she reviewed Persuasion. And about Good-bye, Mr. Chips.. I think I'll recommend it.. I'm still not sure exactly what I think of it, but even if you don't like it, it's a quick read ...

Ah, Persuasion is my absolute favourite Jane Austen - I hope you love it too! Actually, there isn't one Jane Austen that I dislike, even Mansfield Park has redeeming features (the Crawfords). #98 One of these days I'll read that...

... but made it much more lively and enjoayble. Emma is probably my second favourite (after P&P), and I need to reread Persuasion as I suspect I'd like it more now at 40 than at 20.

... Apolline, that it was partly your doing that made me finally buy all these Jane Austen books. I know I hadn’t heard about Persuasion before I saw all the nice things said about here. Looking forward to reading it. I think Stasia impresses us all, mortal or immortal as she may be. I really ...

... Grimms' Fairy Tales, Greta Scaachi for Anderson's Fairy Tales, Sir Derek Jacobi for Frankenstein, Olivia Williams for Persuasion ... you get the picture. In general, though, I'd prefer cassettes and CDs ... I'm such an old-fashioned lad! Sorry for taking over your thread like this, Medd ...

... I'll try to review the book tonight, but working on the two others first. How I loved your little bunch of new books. Persuasion might be my favorite Austen, though I have yet to read Northanger Abbey and Emma. I just know you will love it:)

... books: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Peter Pan & Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie Dracula by Bram Stoker Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S ...

Okay, continuing from the last post....

Persuasion by Jane Austen? Oh too late!

Persuasion?

... planning what I could read next... Oddly, reading the classics seems to have 'cured me' for the time being! For both Persuasion (a couple of weeks ago) and North and South (now) I've slowed right down to enjoy them and absorb everything they have to offer, and even though they take so ...

... It does feel good to slow down for a bit, I must say - I'm over on the 75-ers but I've slowed right down recently to enjoy Persuasion and North and South and liking my reading time all the better for it! Back soon for more Belva-sunshine, xx

... was thrilled to get. When I was in England last year we got fairly close to Lyme Regis. In the last few years I've loved Persuasion, the French Lieutenant's Woman and On Chesil Beach. But had I gone there, I wouldn't have known to look for fossils. So, on my next trip to England, I have ...

... thrilled to get. When I was in England last year we got fairly close to Lyme Regis. In the last few years I've loved Persuasion, the French Lieutenant's Woman and On Chesil Beach. But had I gone there, I wouldn't have known to look for fossils. So, on my next trip to England, I have ...

... although the Emma is new to the U.S. My thoughts on it can be found here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/74485 The Persuasion I found fairly dismal, but the Northanger Abbey is fairly good—of course, it doesn't have much competition either.

... and the results are quite amusing. "Chariots of Fire" is always a winner :D I'm glad you liked that BBC production of Persuasion, Porua. It sounds like you saw the one I love with Amanda Root. Has anyone ever noticed what a fantastic year 1995 was for Austen adaptations? The Emma Thomps ...

100- Pride and prejudice Very good read; I liked it more than Sense and sensibility but less than Persuasion. I liked the main character, Elizabeth, very much. 4/5

... prejudice This was a really good read. My third Austen, and I liked it more than Sense and sensibility but less than Persuasion. It was the funniest of the three though. 4/5

I love Persuasion! Your review makes me want to read it again! I don't really enjoy watching screen adaptations of books so can't say anything about the Sally Hawkins version but I've heard they've really changed the story. But I did happen watch the early 1990's BBC adaptation of the book and ...

... so much to say to you but one of them has to be I think you just became one of my new favorite people. Anyone who loves Persuasion and the Persuasion movie with Sally Hawkins and RPJ is someone I have to know. Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite books of all times but I feel like Persu ...

... Of course my review only touches on a few things; there is just so much there. I also just wrote a review for Persuasion: http://www.librarything.com/review/54377716. Apologies to anyone who appreciates the more recent adaptation starring Sally Hawkins... I'm currently listening ...

... the eye-rolling, but I still found the actress brought a lot of life to the role. I noticed that Northanger Abbey and Persuasion are coming up later this spring. I know the Persuasion film is one I've seen before. Is the NA new?

... now - Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility in my younger teens, Mansfield Park at university, and finally Persuasion this month. So far Persuasion is my favourite - though I'm well due a read/reread of the rest so I might change my mind again before long! Maybe it was the ...

Starred again! I read and very much enjoyed Persuasion last year. Of the three I've read - the other two were P&P and Emma - I think this was my favourite.

... of the Novel I've not read this since I was sixteen, and even then it wasn't a favorite. In the Austen canon Persuasion has always been my favorite, with Sense and Sensibility falling hard on its heels. (Then, of course, I found Wuthering Heights and Austen in general was ...

Yay for Persuasion! That's definitely my favorite of the Austen books I've read. (Those who know how I feel about Austen will take that with a grain of salt I'm sure!) GN: I've finished my hour for the LT read-a-thon. It was a lot of fun to know that I was a part of a worldwide endeavor. G ...

... real books at home, but I plan to download a lot of the free books for when I am away from home. I read several chapters of Persuasion while at an appointment today, and this was much easier to carry around than the hardcover library books I am usually reading.

... There are so many fantastic reviews of it already posted, it's hard to bring anything new. And I finished my reread of Persuasion. I will never tire of Jane Austen and the complexities of her work. This will be another challenging book to review, I think. And now I want to watch the 1995 ...

... ambition to be a seductive villain in Sanditon was hilarious! And speaking of Austen, I'm currently rereading Persuasion. It is simply wonderful. Mmm, yes. I am very much looking forward to rereading that one for class. And I remembered your experience with Lady of Quality ...

... the voice of the "villain" was kind of innovative back then, wasn't it? And speaking of Austen, I'm currently rereading Persuasion. It is simply wonderful.

... Gaskell Agnes Grey By Anne Bronte The Purloined Letter By Edgar Allan Poe Northanger Abbey By Jane Austen Persuasion By Jane Austen 1700’s The Mysteries of Udolpho By Ann Radcliffe Pre 1700’s Aesop’s Fables By Aesopus

... of copying the plot of any single Austen novel verbatim, Shulman draws inspiration from P&P, Sense and Sensibility, and Persuasion while still managing to create her own story. I identified with Julie and could definitely sympathize with her throughout the novel. I think the subplot with her ...

... oveskii 40. Old Goriot, by Honore de Balzac 41. Pale fire, by Vladimir Nabokov 42. Perfume, by Patrick Suskind 43. Persuasion, by Jane Austen 44. A portrait of the artist as a young man, by James Joyce 45. A prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving 46. Pride and prejudice, by Jane ...

Hmmm... I have Emma on my list for this year, but now I'm thinking maybe I should switch it to Persuasion. Thoughts? I LOVE the "Light as a Feather" category. We all need some of those books each year! You have so many good books on your list, I salivated when I looked through it. If ...

Despite all efforts to find it in large print, a regular-print edition of Persuasion will be taking a detour through my house before being sent to a friend of mine.

... I've enjoyed the Bond banter... I'll have to check out the Daniel Craig ones for myself, I guess ;) Loved your review of Persuasion. *off to find Book End, Bakewell on FB*

... one was it the protagonist was reading?...*looks it up* The Mysteries of Udolpho, right). You may certainly recommend Persuasion! I was thinking that should probably be my next Austen, anyway, and your recommendation definitely puts it up a notch. I probably won't read it for a while, ...

... re-read, personally, I found that I got a lot more from it the second time around. ...anyway, if you haven't read Persuasion, can I recommend it to you? It's my favourite (just ahead of Pride and Prejudice...) and was a more mature work, which may appeal to you.

Ok, your review has made me put Persuasion as my next Austen to read (after I finish Mansfield Park). Keep up the reviews and the shop stories!

... some promise! #38 Ah, maybe I'm being harsh on the ITV film - I should probably give it another go - it's just that Persuasion is one of my favourite books (top 5 definitely) and I've read it many, many times, so even the slightest twitch makes me cringe. I think I just felt that ...

... to' list, and you guys have been chattering away so happily that I just hadn't reached it for a day or two! On the Persuasion thing - it definitely took me by surprise, I expected it to be a duller offering than something like Pride and Prejudice and it's NOT, it's just softer I ...

#77, Elliepotten: I have read your review and noted that you enjoyed the Sally Hawkins version of Persuasion (my favorite Austen on most days; P&P on others). May I suggest watching the Amanda Root/Ciaran Hines version? I'd loved the book long before I saw the movie and was ready to be mighty ...

I finished Persuasion on Friday... oh, how I loved it. I started Narrow Dog to Carcassone but I had to ditch it about twenty pages in. I know it's supposed to be funny and brilliant, and I've been on two very lovely narrowboating holidays, but honestly, half of every page was just random ...

>100 Persuasion's also my favourite Austen. I've only seen the Ciaran Hinds/Amanda Root adaptation that CatyM mentions in >117, but loved that too.

Finally found you and starred you! Glad you enjoyed Persuasion so much. :)

I've just remembered that I DID watch Persuasion (the Amanda Root/Ciaran Hinds version) and loved it. hmm... I know there's one Austen book I haven't watched as a movie yet but I can't remember which one it is.

... was on display there! The closest I'm every likely to get to Mr Darcy... :-) Fliss - hi, by the way! I enjoyed our Persuasion discussion so I thought I'd head over and check out your thread, so many great reads floating around this year already!

Persuasion is my favourite Austen, followed closely by Pride and Prejudice. I loved the Sally Hawkins/Rupert Penry-Jones adaptation, too, although the 1995 Amanda Root/Ciaran Hinds adaptation is my favourite version. It's been a few years since I read any Austen, though - I might have to ...

... go). Sometimes I wish I had read it later instead of first so that I wouldn't have felt a slight bit of letdown. It and Persuasion were my two favorites.

... been here nearly two hours and haven't had one person through the door yet. *sigh* On the plus side, it meant I finished Persuasion yesterday and am well into The Snow Tourist now!

I love Austen and have not yet read Persuasion. Obviously I need to fix that!

I'm glad you finally got to read Persuasion, Ellie, and I love your review. Persuasion, Pride & Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility are my top 3 favorite Austen books. I don't think I've seen the movie on Persuasion .. must look for the DVD on Netflix.

While P&P is still my favorite, Persuasion is my next favorite Austen. I'm glad you found it finally!!

THE 'U' READ FREE CHOICE: Persuasion by Jane Austen *SLIGHT SPOILERS* Oh, how I loved this book. I have just officially found my new favourite Austen novel. And the ridiculous thing? Once again, I was guilty of repeatedly skipping over this one on my shelves because it ...

... can't believe that once again a book I've repeatedly dismissed with a casual wave of the hand turned out to be so great! Persuasion, Rebecca, Running with Scissors, Like Water for Chocolate... all books that have catapulted themselves up my favourites list after I pulled them down from ...

I have never read Persuasion, but I have Austen's complete works, so I am adding it to the TBR pile for the year. Excellent!

*SLIGHT SPOILERS... MAYBE* 2) Persuasion by Jane Austen Why I chose it: It's been a while since I read Austen - a couple of years at least. This was my fourth of her novels and I kept putting it off because I'd heard it was a bit more old-fashioned and I thought it might ...

... book is finished (and ONLY on post 100, jeez, I feel loved this year!): *SLIGHT SPOILERS... MAYBE...* 2) Persuasion by Jane Austen Oh, how I loved this book. I have just ...

... while I manage. Right now I'm passing all my books along as I read them, unless they are definite re-reading books! Enjoy Persuasion - it might be my favorite Austen novel too. It's at least tied with Pride and Prejudice for me. However, I also liked Sandition which was finished by ...

... a confession that I didn't mind the film for similar reasons - but I did have to keep telling myself that it wasn't really Persuasion and that it was just a random costume drama... Actually, there is an older BBC version

... it's because when it comes to books I'm such an 'easy' girl - I fall in love with dashing heroes at a drop of the hat! Persuasion has turned out to be just wonderful. Not once have I thought 'I wonder when I'll finish this...' or done that 'evaluating how many pages are left' thing I do so ...

... Plus, I've been discovering some really good books that have been sitting unloved on my shelves for ages. I'm reading Persuasion right now, which has never really 'pulled' me to read it before now - and I'm loving it! In fact, it may be my new favourite Austen! Good enough reasons for me ...

... but I do think that The Eyre Affair is easily the best... If you enjoyed Sense and Sensibility, I heartily recommend Persausion! ;)

I really need to read Persuasion, it just hasn't come up on my list yet. In fact, the only Jane Austen I've read is Sense and Sensibility. I liked it, not sure why I haven't read more. I love The Count of Monte Cristo so I always recommend it to people. I struggled through Wuthering Hei ...

Yep, Persuasion in the snow. It's my fourth Austen and for some reason, one that I've kept consciously putting off. Heaven knows why - it may turn out to be my favourite! Who couldn't fail to feel for poor Anne and her silent love for the dashing Captain Wentworth? Wonderful.

#24 Ah elliepotten, Persausion is my favourite Jane Austen (and probably in my top 5 books) - I hope you enjoy it. I'll pre-warn you that the Sally Hawkins/Rupert Penry-Jones TV version doesn't bear a whole lot of relation to the book... #16, 17 ...and The Count of Monte Cristo is ...

... making footprints in the garden and getting myself all covered in snowflakes to drip through the house. I've read half of Persuasion, watched The Jane Austen Book Club and a bit of telly, and eaten an entire garlic chicken and pepper pizza - I don't think I've had a day this fun over the ...

... they are. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon Persuasion by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Help by Kathryn Stockett To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Snow Fa ...

... to add this book to my wish list. *shakes head dejectedly* but ... ah hah..... *brightens up* I've already read Persuasion AND still have that book on my shelf, so at least I know I'm safe from your next review. la la la..

Found you and starred you for 2010! Persuasion was just on tv in my neck of the woods the other night, hope you're enjoying the book!

... good, quite dark and easy to immerse yourself in. McKinley writes quite beautifully. My first book STARTED in 2010 was Persuasion, this morning. My sister bought me the DVD for Christmas and I didn't want to cheat by watching it first!

... Austen novel that gave me the most trouble. This is my third time attempting it, despite loving Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. The character of Emma is, to me, far less interesting than Elizabeth Bennet and Anne Elliot, and far more annoying. Austen said that when she sat down to write ...

... Austen novel that gave me the most trouble. This is my third time attempting it, despite loving Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. The character of Emma is, to me, far less interesting than Elizabeth Bennet and Anne Elliot, and far more annoying. Austen said that when she sat down to ...

... attempts, I actually really enjoyed Emma, but I still count Pride and Prejudice as my favourite Austen, followed by Persuasion.

I'm trying to start on the classics early on to get the New Year off to a good start, so this morning I started Persuasion by Jane Austen. I'd actually got Northanger Abbey down on my 1010 list but since my sister bought me Persuasion on DVD this Christmas (the Sally Hawkins/Rupert Penry-Jone ...

Blimey Stasia, that was quick off the mark! Next up: Persuasion by Jane Austen And back to work tomorrow... *sigh*

... enjoyed it thoroughly. Four stars, and I'll be looking for more of McKinley's books in the future. Next up: Persuasion by Jane Austen

Historical 1. Gates of Fire 2. Persuasion 3. Two Rivers 4. Memoirs of a Geisha 5. The Pillars of the Earth 6. High Fidelity 7. The Joy Luck Club 8. The Poisonwood Bible 9. The Devil in the White City 10. The Book Thief

... (finished 2/4/10) 20. Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie (finished 2/1/10) 21. Persuasion by Jane Austen 22. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory 23. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (finished 2/5/10) 24. A Tree Grows In Brookl ...

... and short stories... Books that I want to get around to in 2010 (trying to keep this short as to not pressure myself) Persuasion the only Jane Austen Book I have not read but it's been on my shelf for years One Hundred years of Solitude Mister Pip a birthday gift for 2008 still not ...

... and have recently been removed?? For what possible reason could anybody remove the Brothers Karamazov or Lord Jim or Persuasion, all books I have read and that are indubitably great? I won't argue against the removal of Possession or Fingersmith but surely Dosteovsky, Conrad and Auste ...

... Jim 13. The Yellow Wallpaper 14. The Brothers Karamazov 15. Mary Barton 16. Northanger Abbey 17. Persuasion I've got a whole pile of to be read books, and I'm going to make it my goal to move up some of the 1001 books to top priority. We'll see how many I can get ...

I just got The Heritage of Trees: History, Culture and Symbolism by Fred Hageneder for Christmas from my dad, as well as Persuasion and Tuck Everlasting on DVD from my sister... Yay! Oh, and I'll be indulging in a little post-Christmas Amazon shopping soon too. :-D

>217: ditto opinions on Northanger Abbey and Persuasion !

... what a comfort read is - The God Delusion I loved but need a less tired brain. When I last went to NZ (14 hours) I read Persuasion (again) for distraction.

... reading actively at the moment, so my mission is to start 2010 with all books finished. Yes, you can join the fan club, Persuasion is such a beautiful book and one of my faves of Austen's. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of her books next year. I've still got two novels and her ...

... Abbey and Emma. But I read Pride and Prejudice a couple of years ago and found it bearable. I'll probably read Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility but I doubt that I can ever go back to the first two.

Wow, that's a lot of catching up. :) Looks like you're going to make it to 100 too! May I also join the Persuasion fan club? :) And I've got The Women in Black coming up next year (Dec 2010!) for my bookgroup. Looking forward to it (it was actually my recommendation). Glad to hear you ...

... as well as his stand-up-ness to go to Catherine despite his hot-headed father's objections to her. Dunno whether to hit Persuasion next, or leave it for after the kids go back to school. Maybe grab a non-fiction next... Plato and Platypus Walk Into a Bar or An Inconvenient Book perhaps? ...

... as well as his stand-up-ness to go to Catherine despite his hot-headed father's objections to her. Dunno whether to hit Persuasion next, or leave it for after the kids go back to school. Maybe grab a non-fiction next... Plato and Platypus Walk Into a Bar or An Inconvenient Book perhaps? ...

... it's read as it was in it's initial publication, and Austen always meets that requirement :-) Dunno whether to hit Persuasion next, or leave it for after the kids go back to school. Maybe grab a non-fiction next... Plato and Platypus Walk Into a Bar or An Inconvenient Book perhaps?

... to read, and I wanted to finish them this year, so I think I'll pick up Northanger Abbey next. That'll just leave Persuasion, then. I'm still in the same spot in Three to Get Deadly, though I'll prolly get more of that read tomorrow while Mags is in Karate class. Finished 6 ...

... to read, and I wanted to finish them this year, so I think I'll pick up Northanger Abbey next. That'll just leave Persuasion, then. I'm still in the same spot in Three to Get Deadly, though I'll prolly get more of that read tomorrow while Mags is in Karate class. Finished 6 ...

... Watching God by Zora Hurston - tried and didn't make it past 50 pages The Old man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway Persuasion by Jane Austen The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? by Horace McCoy - read! As ...

Sure is nice to see Middlemarch and Persuasion (to me much better than Emma) and Hardboiled Wonderland, in particular, on a top 10 list, Medellia. riverrust, 30 years correspondence with Lloyd Alexander?! How cool is that?!

I really love Persuasion too. That letter, from Captain Wentworth, at the end *swoon* There is a depth to Anne in this story, I think, that Austen's other female characters lack. She made a mistake, and deals with the consequences. And yay wins in the end.

... think her books are well written, it’s just her characters and the plot lines that tend to make me cranky. 65. Persuasion by Jane Austen I’ve seen the mini series, I’ve watched the movie and now...drum roll please… I’ve read the book! This is my second favorite Austen ...

... are somewhat like the illustrations Niroot Puttapipat did in the recent Austen novels-- Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Persuasion--Folio has published. The older Folio Austens have wood engravings by Joan Hassall, who, despite her eminence in her field (she also did Folio's Cranford, ...

... are somewhat like the illustrations Niroot Puttapipat did in the recent Austen novels-- Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Persuasion--Folio has published. The older Folio Austens have wood engravings by Joan Hassall, who, despite her eminence in her field (she also did Folio's Cranford, ...

... are somewhat like the illustrations Niroot Puttapipat did in the recent Austen novels-- Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Persuasion--Folio has published. The older Folio Austens have wood engravings by Joan Hassall, who, despite her eminence in her field (she also did Folio's Cranford, ...

... read as a teen, I would go for that one of the two you have dczapka. My favourites are P&P and Emma. I have yet to read Persuasion - maybe this Christmas? I have just read How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom which has me eager to read some classics/literature again. So I started Brave ...

... to me personally. I married my George Emerson, and I know how it feels to be Lucy Honeychurch. I feel the same way about Persuasion, except that I wasn't quite persuaded away from my dear Wentworth, thank goodness. I've been rereading Persuasion a lot this year (my 27th, same as Anne). I ...

You can't go wrong with Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility. I am yet to read Mansfield Park myself! And Northanger Abbey is silly fun. Not her best, but amusing stuff. Oh dear. Did I just recommend them all?? I'm still going slowly on London Orbital. Finding ...

I liked Persuasion, and it certainly has a loyal following. It was supposed to be taught in the same class when we studied Mansfield Park (they even made me buy the book), but my prof thought it was so poorly written that he refused to teach it. Which is too bad, because I always get so much ...

Persuasion is my favorite Austen, and I think her best. It's the most mature, the most well developed I think. Pride and Prejudice is kind of juvenile, imho.

... and the protagonist is difficult to like. It's the longest and most complex, so probably not the best place to start. Persuasion certainly has it's fans, as does Emma, although I found Emma to be annoying--I wanted to shake her. Over and over again. As for EM Forster, I guess that ...

#79 I've read and re-read Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion many, many times. I even broke my no TV/movie adaptations and audio books rule for them. But I've never felt the urge to re-read Emma or Sense and Sensibility. I didn't hate or love these two. I just felt nothing. But ...

... read any of Austen's other books, or will MP be your first? I confess it's my least favorite of her books. My favorite is Persuasion. I wouldn't necessarily agree with Charlotte. Jane doesn't ignore "what the blood rushes through" but it is addressed in a very understated way which I have ...

... the cat book. Or I could pick up my next Austen book, Northanger Abbey. I've only got two left to read, this one and Persuasion. I'm also reading Three to Get Deadly.

... (Category completed 11/27/09) A diverse selection of essays that covers everything Jane from Northanger Abbey to Persuasion. You may wonder, as I did, how some essays fit in - such as the college professor writing about his course in the '70s, and the researcher who made his way to a ...

... Austen edited by Susannah Carson A diverse selection of essays that covers everything Jane from Northanger Abbey to Persuasion. You may wonder, as I did, how some essays fit in - such as the college professor writing about his course in the '70s, and the researcher who made his way to a ...

... Northanger Abbey after reading The Mysteries of Udolpho. And I've reread Mansfield Park. That leaves Emma and Persuasion to reread, and I'll want to do Lady Susan again too. I see I will have to reread Middlemarch in preparation for the new miniseries. Yay! Love the T-shirt ...

... liked Myths and Legends of Russia - Niroot's illustrations are unsurpassed in my opinion (I couldn't resist getting Persuasion, purely on the strength of the illustrations), and the type, paper, layout are all great - but I felt a bit silly getting it, as I have the original at home (thou ...

... Ancient Near East set as my renewal set - which they graciously let me have, together with the Green Fairy Book. I got Persuasion, The Little Grey Men, Unweaving the Rainbow and The Folio Anthology of Poetry as my renewal books, all happily sitting in my suitcase on my way home from Lond ...

"Classics"-I suppose this is a bit subjective. 1. Persuasion-Jane Austen read Nov. 1-5 2.Moby Dick- Herman Melville 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

... that makes any sense at all! Haven't read The Kite Runner so can't compare, but this was extremely well written. 106 Persuasion by Jane Austen My third Austen, and possibly my favourite. Excellent stuff.

... your 999 category above? If not, I would highly recommend these fiction books: Burger's Daughter, Palace Walk, Persuasion (though P&P is my favorite), and Yiddish Policemen's Union. There's a lot of nonfiction in there that's good too, some of which I need to read as well. Happy ...

... the part, although I will concede that they dressed the character as 'older'. She's also in the superb BBC version of Persuasion with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds in very fine form as Mary Musgrove.

... 92. Water for Elephants - Sarah Gruen (9/02/09) A re-read 93. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls (9/04/09) 94. Persuasion - Jane Austen (9/06/09) A re-read 95. The Earth Hums in b Flat - Mary Strachan (9/08/09) 96. We are all Welcome Here - Elizabeth Berg (9/09/09) 97. ...

Category 6- Jane Austen and spin-offs 1. Emma by Jane Austen- Nov. 8 2. Persuasion by Jane Austen- Dec. 8

... Sheridan are some of my favorites. I've enjoyed Wilkie Collins too. Some of my favorite books are Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, The Pickwick Papers, The Rivals, A Tale of Two Cities, Wuthering Heights, The Woman in White A House to Let, Little Dorrit, The Moonstone, Far ...

... but haven't done so yet. As for me, please pick a book from the following list: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Mansfield park by Jane Austen Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton Five Go Off to Camp by Enid Blyton Five Go to Demon's Rocks by E ...

... be my fav Jane Austen, because it was not only my first Austen, but my first real "Classic" too, when I was 14 or 15. Persuasion is my #2, followed by Sense and Sensibility and Northanger Abbey. Emma and Mansfield Park are on my list for next year. I also really love Lady Susan, ...

... headings to which a given work clearly do not belong -- such as all the "Periodicals" subject headings I noted for Persuasion -- or that are at BEST assigned to a particular edition, such as the "Electronic books" heading for Founding Brothers, or the ubiquitous "Larg ...

... the Moosewood Restaurant Here's a list of my best/worst from my 2nd set: Best of Historical Fiction/Non-fiction: Persuasion Worst: Don Quixote (no surprise there) Best of plays: Waiting for Godot Worst: All's Well that Ends Well Best of New Mysteries: Ashes to Ashes - Emma L ...

... edition. First example: I have a copy of Persuasion, the subject list for which begins with:

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 › Criticism and interpretation › Periodicals Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 › Pe ...

applebook1 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : flissp 2: The New Batch (Oct 22, 2009, 8:02pm)

#227. I like Persuasion and the Pride and Prejudice about the same... too hard to rank between the two... (I confess..I read P&P more...since I first read it when I was in 7th grade...) and 2. is Sense and Sensibility....

cmbohn in 1010 Category Challenge : teelgee Tries Ten Ten (Oct 22, 2009, 2:50pm)

Lots of good books on here! I read Persuasion for the 999 challenge and really enjoyed it and I'm reading Wives and Daughters for the 1010. We have a lot of overlap! Are you stalking me! ;) I'll have to keep checking in to see what you think about the shared reads. Welcome to the challenge!

flissp in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : flissp 2: The New Batch (Oct 22, 2009, 10:02am)

Yay for more Persuasion fans! Tad, I hope you enjoy the last two, but I think you picked the best to read first ;) Argh, I'm getting very frustrated with Bookmooch. The last 5 or 6 books I've looked for that have been available have all been in the US and the owners have been very polite, ...

flissp in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : flissp 2: The New Batch (Oct 21, 2009, 10:32am)

... but there's more about it here. For me, novels only, it's 1) Persuasion, 2) Pride and Prejudice, 3) Sense and Sensibility, 4) Emma joint with Northanger Abbey and 5) Mansfield Park... I actually enjoyed the gothic piss-take ...

flissp in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : flissp 2: The New Batch (Oct 21, 2009, 8:22am)

... - better even. I still get something new out of it every time I read it. It's no. 2 on my Jane Austen list anyway... Persuasion however, is, and probably always will be, my favourite. I do hope you enjoy it. I've never tried to list my top 10 books, but it would certainly be in there ...

flissp in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : flissp 2: The New Batch (Oct 21, 2009, 6:06am)

... to joint 4/5th with Northanger Abbey after a re-read of the latter, if you're interested), so I know it less well than Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice in particular. I will add here that a not-favourite Jane Austen still rates pretty highly in my scheme of things. I find it very ...

teelgee in 1010 Category Challenge : teelgee Tries Ten Ten (Oct 17, 2009, 11:34pm)

She’s a Classic - classics written by women A. Persuasion by Jane Austen B. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell C. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton D. All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West E. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather F.

Elizabeth22 in 1010 Category Challenge : Elizabeth22 categories (Oct 15, 2009, 5:22pm)

"This Sceptered Isle": ideas-Persuasion, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Evelina 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

RMXtreme in 1010 Category Challenge : RMXtremes 1010 Challenge (Oct 15, 2009, 4:39pm)

... old world (English classics) (1) Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre Possibilities: Jane Austen - Emma Jane Austen - Persuasion Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility Charles Dickens - Bleak House Charles Dickens - David Copperfield Charles Dicke ...

Maid_Marian in Read YA Lit : YA literary crushes (Oct 12, 2009, 7:22pm)

Mr Darcy (P&P), Captain Wentworth (Persausion), Shevraeth (Crown Duel) - he's just so cool, calm and collected; Sirius Black (HP), Gen (The Thief, Queen of Attolia, King of Attolia) - cleverest, tricksiest character ever; Kent (Summers at Castle Auburn), always good when the boy's loved ...

Medellia in Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Your personal top 10 all time favorites list(s) (Oct 9, 2009, 3:06pm)

... and I'm quite certain that it'll be a new top-tenner for me.) But, courage: In Search of Lost Time - Proust Emma or Persuasion, depends on my mood - Austen A Room With a View - Forster The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles Straight Man - Richard Russo (I really think ...

Porua in What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 3, 2009? (Oct 9, 2009, 11:34am)

... all of her novels and I think you'll enjoy all of them like I did. My favorite still remains Pride and Prejudice, with Persuasion and Northanger Abbey coming in the second and third place respectively.

fannyprice in Club Read 2009 : Your Top Ten List (Oct 8, 2009, 9:01am)

... fantastic books but not ones that make me weak just thinking about them - The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, Persuasion, and a semi-non-fiction about Iranian intellectual history right before and during the revolution The Mantle of the Prophet. That book is one of the best ...

fannyprice in Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Your personal top 10 all time favorites list(s) (Oct 8, 2009, 8:56am)

... fantastic books but not ones that make me weak just thinking about them - The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go, Persuasion, and a semi-non-fiction about Iranian intellectual history right before and during the revolution The Mantle of the Prophet. That book is one of the best ...

puddleshark in Book talk : Jaded! Could the magic be lost to me? (Oct 7, 2009, 1:51am)

... worth the effort of finishing and none of my old favourites appealed. I treated myself to an unabridged audio-book of Persuasion and listened to one disc an evening. Either the audio-book or the break from reading seems to have done the trick, since I found myself eyeing the TBR pile ...

Samantha_kathy in Go Review That Book! : Game Thread 4 (Oct 6, 2009, 2:31pm)

... of it. For whomever picks next for me, please choose from the following books: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Mansfield park by Jane Austen The Castle of Adventure by Enid Blyton Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton Five Go Off to Camp by En ...

cakefriend in Book talk : WHAT ARE YOU READING NOW? Where? How? Why? What? etc. (Oct 1, 2009, 2:01pm)

I never tried any novels of Jane Austen on cd. I do personally love Persuasion. Some may think P&P more realistic because of how well people disguise their greed. I think Persuasion shows in some ways more true to life interactions between acqauintances. And that love letter and the wonderful ...

Porua in Book talk : WHAT ARE YOU READING NOW? Where? How? Why? What? etc. (Oct 1, 2009, 8:22am)

# 4 My first encounter with Persuasion came from the BBC program Off the Shelf. I had already read Pride and Prejudice and was a fan of Jane Austen. Off the Shelf was one of my favorite programs and one day they started reading an unabridged version Persuasion. And you know what? It was ...

puddleshark in Book talk : WHAT ARE YOU READING NOW? Where? How? Why? What? etc. (Oct 1, 2009, 7:39am)

I am listening to an unabridged audio book of Persuasion by Jane Austen, read by Juliet Stephenson. Where did you get this book? I ordered it on-line. How much did it cost? I am trying not to think about that, thank you. I think I may have blown my entire book-buying budget for the month. ...

soffitta1 in 1001 Books to read before you die : Soffitta1's 1001 Books- Lifetime of Reading (Oct 1, 2009, 6:23am)

... Mohicans 926 The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner 931 Frankenstein 932 Northanger Abbey 933 Persuasion 936 Emma 937 Mansfield Park 938 Pride and Prejudice 940 Sense and Sensibility 942 Castle Rackrent 949 The Interesting Narrative 952 Vathek 9 ...

geneg in Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Thinking aloud thread for 2010 (Sep 29, 2009, 2:48pm)

... us more than Zane Grey and Little House on the Prairie. I, too, have enjoyed Austen and would re-read either Emma, Persuasion or Mansfield Park, or even Northanger Abbey, not so much S&S or P&P. But then I'm pretty much a sucker for 19th cent. Lit. regardless of who writes it. Late ...

urania1 in Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Thinking aloud thread for 2010 (Sep 29, 2009, 1:04pm)

I like Austen, but I would substitute Persuasion - a much darker novel than her other world. However, the Austen work, which leads to most interesting discussion, is Mansfield Park. I think one could well substitute Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence or The House of Mirth for Austen. ...

elliepotten in 1010 Category Challenge : Ellie's 1010 challenge (Sep 28, 2009, 6:50am)

Category 3: Golden Oldies You can't beat the classics 1) Persuasion by Jane Austen (post 26) 2) North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (post 50) 3) 4) 5) More ideas: * The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux * Frankenstein by Mary Shelley * Journey to the Ce ...

LadyViolet in Alphabet Challenges : LadyViolet's Alphabetti Spaghetti (Sep 25, 2009, 6:00am)

... pottering about an allotment with his pipe and mug of tea :P Right I've made a few changes to my challenge - switched Persuasion for Mansfield Park although since all my Austen books are in one massive omnibus I could switch again depending on my mood. Added in my Elizabeth Chadwick ...

Medellia in Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Thinking aloud thread for 2010 (Sep 20, 2009, 10:36pm)

... early works and the 3-D satire of the later novels.) However, I do find it to be one of her funniest novels. Emma and Persuasion are my two faves. Emma is polarizing, though I think it's largely a matter of people liking or hating the protagonist, and I think the critiques would rise above ...

mihess in 50 Book Challenge : Marie's 50 Book Challenge (Sep 16, 2009, 7:08pm)

36. Persuasion by Jane Austen

mihess in 50 Book Challenge : Marie's 50 Book Challenge (Sep 16, 2009, 7:08pm)

Persuasion by Jane Austen

Carmenere in Alphabet Challenges : Carmenere's Alpa order challenge (Sep 12, 2009, 9:57pm)

... - Brick Lane Allenda, Isabel - Daughter of Fortune Asimov, Issac - The Collapsing Universe Austen, Jane - Persuasion Albee, Edward - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Atwood, Margaret - The Handmaid's Tale Austen, Jane - Sense and Sensiblity Austen, Jane - North ...

elliepotten in Alphabet Challenges : Ellie's ABC Challenge (Sep 12, 2009, 6:08am)

... 64) Q R - J.K. Rowling - The Tales of Beedle the Bard (post 72) S T U (FREE CHOICE) - Jane Austen - Persuasion (post 76) V W - Richard Wiseman - Quirkology: The Curious Science of Everyday Lives (post 61) X Y (FREE CHOICE) - Charlie English - The Snow Tourist ...

Billion in 50 Book Challenge : Billion's 50 Book Challenge 09 (Sep 3, 2009, 10:53pm)

... Witch Week – Diana Wynne Jones 6. The Pinhoe Egg – Diana Wynne Jones 7. Mixed Magics – Diana Wynne Jones 8. Persuasion – Jane Austen 9. The Age of Innocence – Edith Wharton 10. The House of Mirth – Edith Wharton 11. Sunshine – Robin McKinley 12. Where the Heart ...

mihess in 999 Challenge : Marie's 999 Challenge (Sep 2, 2009, 2:52pm)

... 10/21/09 4. Historical Fiction The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory 5. Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Completed 9/16/09 6. Jules Verne Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne Completed 9/10/09 7. Non-Fic ...

kathrynnd in Combiners! : Splitting Identically Named Authors - Fit the Second (Ago 28, 2009, 5:05pm)

... only a few as Calamity Jane Austin. BTW I just separated Colt Persuasion from Persuasion on the Jane Austen page, the title turned up on the Jane Austin/Austen page not the other. I separated a few others off the Austen page too, including another

theaelizabet in Le Salon Litteraire du Peuple pour le Peuple : Book review reviews (Ago 28, 2009, 1:22pm)

... dreadful, especially when compared with the 1995 version. And don't get me started on the most recent rendering of Persuasion. Wisewomen, I read your review to my 13 year-old, who read--and hated--Twilight. She concurred with your assessment. According to her, "It was an ...

leahmarjorie in I Love Jane Austen : Least Favorite Austen Work (Ago 26, 2009, 6:18am)

... member of the Jane Austen canon. But since I *had* to pick a least favorite. . . :) Now, my favorite Austen novel is Persuasion. This is simply because Anne Eliot is perfect. I want to be her.

Carmenere in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : 2009 Challenge - Biblioholic29 (Ago 25, 2009, 6:11pm)

>128 Your point is well taken. In that respect Persuasion is quite different from the other Austen novels. I think that it's probably just the cat and mouse game that Capt. Wentworth and Anne seem to play (unintentionally, I think). I will remember your take on the book the next time I reread ...

ficka in 50 Book Challenge : ficka's 2009 Book Challenge (Ago 24, 2009, 7:05am)

21. Jane Austen: Persuasion Actually I'm reading the last novel of Austen. I've seen the movie adaptation (with wonderful Sally Hawkings as Anne & Rupert Penry-Jonessome as Captain Wentworth) a few times on tv and on DVD. I love it. I feel sad about Anne, she is not married at age 27 in ...

MissWoodhouse1816 in Book talk : Searching for a happy fiction book for 11 yr. girl...Help. (Ago 23, 2009, 1:55am)

... fantasy, but I have to put in a good word for the Redwall books. I started reading Jane Austen at 11- I actually did Persuasion for a book report. That's all I have off the top of my head, and the above suggestions are all great! (Oh! Eleanor Estes is wonderful as well!) Good luck, ...

biblioholic29 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : 2009 Challenge - Biblioholic29 (Ago 22, 2009, 9:52am)

... I read all these mostly because they're on the top 100 list I'm working my way through at the moment, so I actually liked Persuasion best of all the Austen I've read. Mostly because it's so un-Austen like. To me it was refreshing to have this heroine who was on poor terms with her family, ...

compskibook in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : 2009 Challenge - Biblioholic29 (Ago 21, 2009, 10:32pm)

Yeah, Bib, did you like Persuasion? I am afraid to ask what you thought about Pride and Prejudice.

Carmenere in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : 2009 Challenge - Biblioholic29 (Ago 21, 2009, 7:38pm)

Heather, I'd really like to know what you thought of Persuasion. I read it about a month ago and would love to compare notes. Here's my review..........http://www.librarything.com/work/1500/edit/37058915

biblioholic29 in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in August? (Ago 21, 2009, 1:44pm)

#107: I really liked Vanity Fair when I read it last year. I just finished Persuasion which puts me at 60 books for the year. Based on my current rate of reading, I may be done with my 75 books by the time I come back from vacation 9/9!

biblioholic29 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : 2009 Challenge - Biblioholic29 (Ago 21, 2009, 1:40pm)

60. Title: Persuasion Author: Jane Austen Publisher: N/A Pages: N/A Date Started: 8/19/09 Date Finished: 8/21/09 Genre: Classic/Brit Lit Other Information: gutenberg.

cmbohn in The Europe Endless Challenge : CMBohn in Europe (Ago 19, 2009, 4:25pm)

... a/Hercegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark: fiction - Winter's Tales, 2009 ** England: fiction - Persuasion, 2009 ****, The Eustace Diamonds **** non-fiction - 1066: The Year of the Conquest **** Estonia Finland France: fiction - Cyrano de Bergerac, 2009 *** ...

cmbohn in 999 Challenge : Cmbohn's 999, part 2 (Ago 19, 2009, 12:34am)

... from lindapanzo, here is my best/worst list! (really, it's such a great idea!) Best of Historical Fiction/Non-fiction: Persuasion Worst: Don Quixote (no surprise there) Best of plays: Waiting for Godot Worst: All's Well that Ends Well Best of New Mysteries: Ashes to Ashes - Em ...

riverwillow in I Love Jane Austen : Least Favorite Austen Work (Ago 17, 2009, 12:30pm)

... point, but its a case of so many books, so little time... Although Emma is not top of my list, that is reserved for Persuasion, its up there with Sense and Sensibility. I've also studied Northanger Abbey and agree with the posters, it does help if you read the books parodied in ...

jhedlund in 1010 Category Challenge : jhedlund's 2010 category challenge (Ago 16, 2009, 10:38pm)

Category 1: 1001 Books to Read Before You Die 1. Persuasion by Jane Austen 2. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 3. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 4. The World According to Garp by John Irving 5. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

fairywings in 50 Book Challenge : Fairywings 2009 list (Ago 10, 2009, 12:47am)

... what order they go in but these are the books i've read so far this year. 1.Pride and Predjudice by Jane Austen 2.Persuasion by Jane Austen 3.P.S I love you by Cecelia Ahern 4.The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger 5.Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger 6.Everyone W ...

Kittybee in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Kittybee's 2009 Challenge! (Ago 9, 2009, 3:37pm)

... NEVER see them or learn anything about them again. I really enjoyed the ending though. Captain Wentworth's Diary was Persuasion from Capt. Wentworth's POV. It was an enjoyable read but not groundbreaking by any means. He repeated himself a lot. Hopefully cooler weather will come soon ...

katrinasreads in 1001 Books to read before you die : Katrina 1001 attempt (Ago 8, 2009, 4:54am)

1800's Jane Austen 932. Northanger Abbey 933. Persuasion 936. Emma 937. Mansfield Park 938. Pride and Prejudice 940. Sense and Sensibility I love Jane Austen, probably my fav is Emma Charles Dickens 876. Great Expectations 883. A Tale of Two Cities 888. Hard ...

GirlFromIpanema in History at 30,000 feet: The Big Picture : Fiction Books Currently Reading by Us Non-Fiction types (Ago 7, 2009, 8:02am)

Persuasion by Jane Austen, from the beautiful 6-volume boxed set. I love it! I think this will easily become my favourite Austen book. I never really understood how everyone is so "in love" with Pride and Prejudice. Feicht, I bought Tacitus' "Germania.", after reading the first ...

AnnaClaire in Frequently Asked Questions : Editing "Subject" information (Jul 27, 2009, 1:54pm)

Please disregard. My message got eaten.

lorax in Frequently Asked Questions : Editing "Subject" information (Jul 24, 2009, 4:30pm)

... N times it doesn't appear in the overall data? "Upper class > @" has got to be a weird error that on a book as popular as Persuasion could easily be screened out.

AnnaClaire in Frequently Asked Questions : Editing "Subject" information (Jul 24, 2009, 3:18pm)

... cleaned-up subject data. My copy of Jane Austen's Persuasion, for example, has some subjects (starting with four of the first five listed) that start off just fine before veering off into irrelevancy. Not to mention ...

suge in Hogwarts Express : "Who Am I?" game, part 4 (Jul 23, 2009, 12:41pm)

Mary Musgrove from Persuassion?

Sarasamsara in 1001 Books to read before you die : Sara's 1001, with Opinions (Jul 21, 2009, 7:46pm)

Yay! Yay for the 1800's! 1800's Persuasion Northanger Abbey Sense and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Frankenstein The Nose The Fall of the House of Usher The Pit and the Pendulum The Purloined Letter The Scarlet Letter Villette The Cou ...

amaing in 50 Book Challenge : amaing's 50 Book Challenge (Jul 13, 2009, 8:39pm)

... Funke (audiobook) 22.Coraline - Neil Gaiman 23.Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery JUNE 2009 24.Persuasion - Jane Austen 25.Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 26.The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls 27.Talk to the Hand - Lynne Truss 28.Northanger Abbey ...

Cait86 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Arubabookwoman's 2009 Challenge--Part II (Jul 1, 2009, 7:13pm)

... to books in the same genre. So, while I may give the Charlaine Harris books 4 stars, I am in no way comparing it to Persuasion, which I think I also gave 4 stars. I figure that I read whatever I am in the mood for - sometimes you want a Jane Austen classic, and sometimes you just want ...

stephxsu in 50 Book Challenge : Meg's 50 Books! (Jul 1, 2009, 12:27am)

Wow, you're reading a lot of books that I want to read! How are Reading Lolita in Tehran and Persuasion? And I think Les Miz should count for 3 as well. I haven't even started it yet, it's so intimidating!

xicanti in The Green Dragon : June Reads 2009 (Jun 28, 2009, 5:40pm)

... to read The El Dorado Adventure by Lloyd Alexander today, but it's just not what I feel like. I've switched to Persuasion by Jane Austen instead.

norabelle414 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Norabelle's books for 2009 (Jun 26, 2009, 5:39pm)

Book 30: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling and Book 31: Persuasion by Jane Austen Persuasion was decent, but not as good of a story as Pride and Prejudice, and much more predictable than Emma.

flissp in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : flissp 2009 (Jun 25, 2009, 11:09am)

... fun. What I do find quite interesting is that these last several have been set in the same period as Jane Austen's Persuasion - I particularly registered this when reading Sharpe's Trafalgar, because of couse, half the male characters in Persuasion are in the Navy. Completely ...

cmbohn in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in June? (Jun 23, 2009, 4:04pm)

I've been reading a bunch lately. I finished Persuasion and Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary yesterday, and read The Queen of Attolia. Now I want to get the movie of Persuasion, have Fablehaven 5 come out soon, and get The King of Attolia. But since I couldn't do that, I started The Girl ...

bonniebooks in 50 Book Challenge : bonniebook's 50 book challenge in 2009, chapter 2 (Jun 23, 2009, 10:39am)

... 92. Water for Elephants - Sarah Gruen (9/02/09) A re-read 93. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls (9/04/09) 94. Persuasion - Jane Austen (9/06/09) A re-read 95. The Earth Hums in b Flat - Mary Strachan (9/08/09) 96. We are all Welcome Here - Elizabeth Berg (9/09/09) 96. ...

The_Book_Queen in Romance - from historical to contemporary : What Are You Reading Week of June 22 (Jun 22, 2009, 5:33pm)

... and finished the YA novel I got from ER's last month, The Chosen One (also really enjoyed it-- wow!). Now moving on to Persuasion by J.A.

cmbohn in The Green Dragon : June Reads 2009 (Jun 22, 2009, 4:02pm)

I just finished Persuasion today and I really loved it. Now I want to rent the movie! I actually liked the movie ending better - I thought it was more romantic. But it was still so much fun.

cmbohn in 999 Challenge : Cmbohn's 999, part 2 (Jun 22, 2009, 3:42pm)

54/81 Persuasion Persuasion to me has seemed a little bit like the country cousin out of the Austen novels. Pride and Prejudice is the popular one, with all the movie adaptations and the novelizations and the good press. Emma is sort of a runner-up. It also has some good movie ...

TadAD in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Tad's Books in 2009, Part 4 (Jun 18, 2009, 5:54pm)

Time to break up the thread again...it's getting a bit unwieldy. Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 can be found here. Part 3 can be found cmbohn in The Green Dragon : Top 5 on your TBR list (Jun 10, 2009, 3:28pm)

I've got: The Dance of Anger You Did What? Mad Plans American Gospel The Tree of Life Persuasion Just updated to add that I am still working (a little) on reading 1, finished 2, 3, and 4, and haven't started 5.

applebook1 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : applebook1's reading list 2009 (Jun 8, 2009, 12:31am)

... Niffenegger rate: *** 1/2 well..not the book that I am going to pick when I'm slightly stressed out.. rather pick Persuasion but..maybe that's just me.. 38. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams rate: **** very funny.. enjoyed it immensely :)

suge in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in May? (Besides this thread...) (Mayo 29, 2009, 4:29pm)

... a brilliant thing. Ref Modern PnP: its one of the elements I love most in the series. The Edge of reason has elements of Persuasion in it. 206--> my sis is like that too. She wouldn't be caught dead with a book. I'm not even sure that she can read. *scratches head*

avaland in Club Read 2009 : Medellia's 2009 Reading (Mayo 29, 2009, 1:50pm)

I'm a Persuasion gal, myself (although me thinks Mansfield Park is underappreciated. Good to see what you are reading.

Medellia in Club Read 2009 : Medellia's 2009 Reading (Mayo 27, 2009, 5:27pm)

... been on my wishlist for a while. I finished Emma, and I have to say, it's quite possibly my favorite Austen novel. (Persuasion provides some healthy competition.) I think that of all of Austen's protagonists, Emma had the longest way to go in terms of self-knowledge and self-correction, ...

kabrahamson in Literary Snobs : Your current reading for the 2nd Quarter , 2009 ? (Mayo 27, 2009, 3:02pm)

... all day every day until my brain has recovered. Tamora Pierce and J. K. Rowling, here I come. I've been eyeing Persuasion and Portrait of a Lady to regain some street cred once this is out of my system. Also promised a Joyce-crazed friend of mine that I'd read Ulysses this ...

MegMcDermott in 50 Book Challenge : Meg's 50 Books! (Mayo 26, 2009, 12:27am)

adding another couple... Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi Persuasion by Jane Austen

chanale in San Diego Bibliophiles : 50 Book Challange (Mayo 20, 2009, 10:32am)

I've never read any Heyers, but I've been meaning to one day. I finished Elsewhere. Current reads are Persuasion (Austen) and Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri). The former is the best book I've read all year (then again, I've read it at least 15 times), and ...

RebeccaAnn in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : RebeccaAnn's 2009 Reading (Mayo 17, 2009, 4:51pm)

... books that I started during the school year but then became distracted and never finished. I was supposed to read Persuasion for a class but I was too busy to finish it then, so I finished it late. I read Body of Evidence just because after finals, I prefer to read books that don't ...

blackdogbooks in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : RebeccaAnn's 2009 Reading (Mayo 17, 2009, 4:35pm)

Wow, Cornwell and then Austen. That's quite a pair to pick. I am toying with Persuasion being my next Austen but that may be a ways down the road. I am really interested in your thoughts on how the Scarpetta series sits with you since you are reading them so close in time. I did something ...

RebeccaAnn in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : RebeccaAnn's 2009 Reading (Mayo 16, 2009, 11:46pm)

... border:1px solid black src=http://www.librarything.com/picsizes/56/34/cd815631c8a7d12d5ea53f3201e8b7d4.jpg> Persuasion by Jane Austen Rating: 4/5 A typical Austen and I quite enjoyed it. This one focuses on Anne Elliot and her former flame Frederick Wentworth as they ...

bonniebooks in 999 Challenge : bonniebook's 999 challenge, Turn to Chapter 2 (Mayo 10, 2009, 9:08pm)

... 92. Water for Elephants - Sarah Gruen (9/02/09) A re-read 93. The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls (9/04/09) 94. Persuasion - Jane Austen (9/06/09) A re-read 95. The Earth Hums in b Flat - Mary Strachan (9/08/09) 96. We are all Welcome Here - Elizabeth Berg (9/09/09) 96. ...

Prop2gether in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Tad's Books in 2009, Part 3 (Mayo 7, 2009, 5:44pm)

... stark, but extremely effective and touching--oh, I meant the book and your review as well. Glad to hear you enjoyed Persuasion as it is one of my two favorite Austen novels. There's a fabulous film version of the story available starring Ciaran Hinds. Blindness is another book which ...

AnnaClaire in Off-topic : The Person Below Me.. The Twenty-sixth wonderful thread (Mayo 6, 2009, 3:06pm)

... other side of the continent. And anyway, I just spent a weekend there last June. The person below me has never read Persuasion (get to it already!).

WillSteed in The Green Dragon : Watched any good movies lately? (Mayo 5, 2009, 8:22pm)

I watched Persuasion last night (the one with Anthony Head as Walter Eliot). O_O Giles is vain! But the production itself was lovely, and perhaps a shade too dark, even for Persuasion. Then, for something completely different, Ironman. I don't know why I took so long to watch it. I enjoyed ...

TadAD in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Tad's Books in 2009, Part 3 (Mayo 2, 2009, 12:04pm)

... Articles and Reviews, 1929-68 by Nancy Mitford 58. Persuasion by Jane Austen 59. Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith RebeccaAnn in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : RebeccaAnn's 2009 Reading (Abr 23, 2009, 11:28am)

... ! >169, I've heard a lot of good things about Rocannon's World, so I'm excited to read it. I'm currently in the middle of Persuasion by Jane Austen and Foundation by Isaac Asimov, so it's going to have to wait just a little bit before I can read it.

Tammiejx in 50 Book Challenge : Tammiej's book list of 2009 (Abr 22, 2009, 10:46am)

I think my library has Persuasion, I'm definately putting it on my tbr list! Thanks! :)

paruline in 1001 Books to read before you die : Paruline's attempt (Abr 22, 2009, 10:13am)

... about the list: 1- The thousand and one nights 2- Gulliver's travels 3- A modest proposal * 4- Candide * 5- Persuasion * 6- The purloined letter * 7- A tale of two cities * 8- The yellow wallpaper * 9- Sense and sensibility 10- Frankenstein 11- Last of the Mohican ...

amwmsw04 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : RebeccaAnn's 2009 Reading (Abr 20, 2009, 11:45pm)

... I would feel the same way after reading it - it's one of the classics I've managed to miss out on so far... Gotta love Persuasion though!

RebeccaAnn in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : RebeccaAnn's 2009 Reading (Abr 20, 2009, 6:09pm)

I'm currently reading Persuasion and with Austen, it's hard to go wrong!

Tammiejx in 50 Book Challenge : Samantha's 100 of 2009 [angrystarlyt] (Abr 20, 2009, 5:57pm)

#29: What did you think of Persuasion? I'm planning on reading it sometime this summer. :)

flissp in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : flissp 2009 (Abr 16, 2009, 1:27pm)

... life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)? I've read Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion (Jane Austen), Archer's Goon and The Lives of Christopher Chant (Diana Wynne Jones) so many times that I have no idea which of these I've read the ...

jillianmarie in What Are You Reading Now? : Another Meme--please forgive me (Abr 15, 2009, 12:17pm)

... them that the examining board weren't using it as a set text 15) What is the most difficult book you've ever read? Persuasion 16) What is the most obscure Shakespeare play you've seen? Julius Ceaser 17) Do you prefer the French or the Russians? Russians 18) Roth or Updike? ...

mustangsalhk in 50 Book Challenge : mustangsalhk's 50 books in 1 year (Abr 14, 2009, 10:21pm)

12. Persuasion by Jane Austen I love Jane Austen as an Author. My favourite is still Pride and Prejudice but I did really enjoy Persuasion. I never want them to end..

sanja in What Are You Reading Now? : Another Meme--please forgive me (Abr 14, 2009, 6:23pm)

... ended with prepositions? Yes! 4) What fictional character are you secretly in love with? Captain Wentworth from Persuasion 5) What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)? Catch-22 6) What ...

cameling in What Are You Reading Now? : BBC Meme: How Many of These 100 Books Have YOU Read? (Abr 12, 2009, 8:32pm)

... - Leo Tolstoy 32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens 33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis 34 Emma - Jane Austen 35 Persuasion - Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe 37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres (Another ...

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in April? (Abr 8, 2009, 4:48pm)

... Your flickr and etsy accounts have perfect names, too! I've decided it's time to read The Strain and go back to Persuasion later. I have a review due date coming up.

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : For Espy (Abr 8, 2009, 4:22pm)

... if you count my BookMooch inventory. 2. What is your current read, your last read and the book you'll read next? Persuasion, Twilight Director's Notebook and The Strain. 3. What book did everyone like and you hated? The Da Vinci Code 4. Which book do you keep ...

mamalaz in Book talk : Books made into movies (Abr 8, 2009, 9:00am)

... think were mentioned: Exodus The Winds of War (made as a mini-series for TV) Dune Clan of the Cave Bear Persuasion Sense and Sensibility Flags of Our Fathers Butterfield 8 Wonder Boys The Swimmer The Andromeda Strain Ragtime The Robe From Russia With ...

jmaloney17 in What Are You Reading Now? : BBC Meme: How Many of These 100 Books Have YOU Read? (Abr 7, 2009, 3:03pm)

... of Wrath - John Steinbeck 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis 35 Persuasion - Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe 39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden 42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown 46 Anne of Green Gables ...

jmaloney17 in What Are You Reading Now? : BBC Meme: How Many of These 100 Books Have YOU Read? (Abr 7, 2009, 3:02pm)

... of Wrath - John Steinbeck 30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame 33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis 35 Persuasion - Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe 39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden 42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown 46 Anne of Green Gables ...

MusicMom41 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Blackdog in '09, Chapter 2 (Abr 6, 2009, 6:11pm)

... and spoof of the Gothic novels popular in Austen's time. Mr. Collins and Lady Catherine are priceless! Emma and Persuasion are a very close second to P&P for me--I can't choose between them, although as I get older perhaps I like the more mature Anne in Persuasion--but not when I'm ...

TadAD in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Blackdog in '09, Chapter 2 (Abr 4, 2009, 6:20pm)

... I liked them in the opposite order, Pride and Prejudice over Emma. Actually, to be honest, Emma is third with Persuasion at #2. Sense and Sensibility came in at #4 and I haven't read Northanger Abbey nor Mansfield Park, yet. The latter two are for next year's "Two Austens ...

MusicMom41 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : MusicMom41's 2009 Reads 2nd Quarter (Abr 4, 2009, 2:11pm)

... y!) 32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens *33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis *34 Emma - Jane Austen *35 Persuasion - Jane Austen *36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis 37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres ...

sanja in What Are You Reading Now? : Author/Character Crushes (Abr 1, 2009, 4:27pm)

I love Captain Wentworth from Persuasion.

MissWoodhouse1816 in The Green Dragon : March Reads 2009 (Mar 31, 2009, 3:41pm)

Just finished Persuasion for the upteenth time. This reading was for Book Club, and we had a nice afternoon discussing the book, eating Shepherd's Pie, and watching clips from two of the movie adaptations. I *heart* my book club.

suslyn in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : girlunderglass stares out from her display case II (Mar 30, 2009, 6:08pm)

Emma just doesn't do it for me, but I love some of the others :) Persuasion comes to mind...

suslyn in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Tad's Books in 2009, Part 2 (Mar 30, 2009, 5:04pm)

... for her fantasy trilogy which some love. I adore the Foreigner series too. Tad, I agree with you on your placement of Persuasion -- it is good! Glad you enjoyed it. Congrats on meeting your goal!

studio1 in What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 Your Best Five Reads of Quarter 1 (January - March) (Mar 30, 2009, 3:21pm)

Persuasion by Jane Austen 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff. (a friend recently told me she thought the book was a "bunch of boring commercial letters" and I silently questioned our friendship. Is that wrong?) The Book of Dahlia by Elisa Albert The History of Love by Nicola Krauss ...

compskibook in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in March. (Mar 30, 2009, 8:44am)

RE: Persuasion, I did find it hard to read, but the ending makes up for it and I love it, especially since it was so well done in the movie. Stick with it K, and get your movie back! You will want to watch it right away when you get done with the book. I have put aside CoS while on my trip and ...

jnwelch in What Are You Reading Now? : Comfort reading (Mar 29, 2009, 6:57pm)

Lots of shared comfort favorites here. Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, other Jane Austens, Jeeves and Wooster stories, Sharpe books by Bernard Cornwell, Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny, and Cetaganda by Lois MCMaster Bujold.

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in March. (Mar 29, 2009, 3:42pm)

... nica: Welcome to the group! I have a co-worker reading Eat, Pray, Love as well. :) This is my silly conclusion about Persuasion: If Jane Austen was on on her last leg when she kicked the bucket, she had to have fallen and it surely must have been what made the novel fall flat. ;)

AnnaClaire in Book talk : Looking for a great book that is not depressing. (Mar 27, 2009, 11:23pm)

How about Austen's Persuasion? I think it's her best, and despite being fairly short, it certainly isn't fluff.

compskibook in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in March. (Mar 27, 2009, 5:03pm)

288: K, Mansfield Park was tough for me to get through, as well as Persuasion. Have you watched the movie for Persuasion yet. It may spoil the ending, but it is so good it will help you get through the rest of the book.

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in March. (Mar 27, 2009, 1:18pm)

... hugs for el* It did that to me, too. I'm trying very hard to not pick up another book right now while halfway through Persuasion. I'm kind of sad that I don't seem to like it that much. The book is dragging for me and I've spent too long on it for it to hold the same interest it did for ...

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : Procrastinators Unite! (Mar 25, 2009, 1:21am)

I've been procrastinating on finishing Persuasion. I was helping others all day, though, so that makes it okay, right? I did some flight research for my grandparents, helped a sister with some of her moving, and ran around shopping with my mother who has tennis elbow so she wouldn't lift ...

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : Extra! Extra! Good News/Bad News (Mar 24, 2009, 2:44pm)

... sG: Get better, MrsG! #259 foggi: I hope it gets less overwhelming. Good news: I'm off work today! I hope to finish Persuasion and get everything else done that I couldn't do over the weekend with family over.

Fluffyblue in What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 Your Best Five Reads of Quarter 1 (January - March) (Mar 23, 2009, 7:29pm)

My five, in no particular order: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens Persuasion by Jane Austen The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde A Handful of Earth by Barney Bardsley A Good Year by Peter Mayle Edited to fix touchstones.

neferteenie in 999 Challenge : neferteenie's 999 challenge (Mar 23, 2009, 12:43am)

Jane Austen Related 1. Emma 2. Sense and Sensibility 3. Northanger Abbey 4. Persuasion 5. Mansfield Park 6. Becoming Jane Austen 7. Jane and His Lordship's Legacy 8. Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict 9. The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in March. (Mar 22, 2009, 11:38pm)

... really want to reread Howl's Moving Castle and Breaking Dawn right now! However, I wanted to first focus on finishing Persuasion. My original weekend plans had been to finish it today but I was gone most the day.

PatsyMurray in 50 Book Challenge : Just getting started (Mar 22, 2009, 9:50pm)

Persuasion remains my least favorite Jane Austen novel, but I read it for a book club and found new insight into it from the comments of members of the club. I think it is a terrific novel. The characters are finely drawn -- so true to life, but I find myself annoyed with Anne and her Captain. E ...

TadAD in Club Read 2009 : Tad's 2009 Reads (TadAD) (Mar 22, 2009, 9:22pm)

Persuasion by Jane Austen Completing my "two Austens a year" for 2009, this is my second favorite of her ...

TadAD in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Tad's Books in 2009, Part 2 (Mar 22, 2009, 6:45pm)

... height="20" src="http://www.deffler.com/lt/number_5.gif"> Persuasion by Jane Austen Fiction 384 pages in hardcover Completing my "two Austens a year" for 2009, this is my second favorite of her works so ...

Severn in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Lunacat's mission for 2009......76 books! (Mar 21, 2009, 5:57pm)

... well...planning on reading all the Austens in the nearish (which might include next year as well heh). I'd have to say that Persuasion is my favourite, so far at least. Glad to see your high rating of Riddle-Master of Hed, which is just a wonderful book (or books I suppose).

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in March. (Mar 19, 2009, 12:26pm)

... thick historical fiction books at that. :) I've read Go Ask Alice and Cut so far this week and am still reading Persuasion.

lauranav in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : LisaCurcio's 2009 reads (Mar 18, 2009, 8:40am)

... now. I have read Sense and Sensibility but haven't gotten to others. I want to read Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. Not sure how I'll fit it all in, but some day I'll get to them all.

LadyViolet in Book Addicts Anonymous : what are you reading? (Mar 17, 2009, 5:52pm)

... time and got a bit bored but hopefully now i'm slightly older i may have more determination to finish it. I want to read Persuasion as well cos its the only Austen book i haven't seen a film or TV adaptation of , so im interested to know what it's like. Despite telling myself not to pick up ...

Ambrosia4 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Ambrosia4's 75 Book Challenge (Mar 16, 2009, 3:03pm)

... really enjoyed it. It is nowhere near Emma, P&P, S&S or Mansfield Park...the only one of Miss Austen's I've yet to read is Persuasion. Not sure why I never got around to it, but I will eventually!

ejj1955 in The Green Dragon : The posting backwards through time thread. Please comment on the post that will come AFTER yours... (Mar 13, 2009, 11:24am)

... fondly of the trip I took to Bath one weekend when I was living in Oxford. I even saw the place featured in the movie Persuasion, that was special. #111 I read that book recently, too! But weren't you surprised by the ending?

Kerian in 50 Book Challenge : Kerian's 2009 book challenge (Mar 12, 2009, 11:51pm)

... She's one of my favorite authors and it's always exciting to have someone to discuss books with. I'm actually reading Persuasion, but here's where I worry. Writing to you now has made me recall el said the very same thing. In the meantime as I'm waiting for word on her now (because I am ...

annekiwi in 50 Book Challenge : AnneKiwi's 50 book challenge (Mar 12, 2009, 5:10pm)

... So here's what I've read so far this year... #1 Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer #2 Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer #3 Persuasion by Jane Austen #4 Fish Out of Water by Mary Janice Davidson #5 If You Could See Me Now by Cecila Ahern #6 The Burnt House by Faye Kellerman #7 Pictures ...

annekiwi in 100 Books in 2009 Challenge : AnneKiwi's 50 NEW Books challenge (Mar 10, 2009, 9:00am)

... reading! So here's what I've read so far this year... Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer Persuasion by Jane Austen Fish Out of Water by Mary Janice Davidson If You Could See Me Now by Cecila Ahern The Burnt House by Faye Kellerman Pictures of Hollis W ...

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in March. (Mar 9, 2009, 8:17pm)

#122 lefty: KIK! Besides rereading The Lightning Thief I am also reading Persuasion.

LisaCurcio in Club Read 2009 : nohrt4me's 2009 reading (Mar 9, 2009, 2:54pm)

Your review has persuaded me to find a copy of Persuasion! Was that predictable, or what?

Fluffyblue in What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 7 March 2009 (Mar 8, 2009, 3:10pm)

Finished Persuasion. I think I would have read it all night if I could have done last night. Just started Trust Me I'm a Junior Doctor by Max Pemberton which I am enjoying immensely too.

cmbohn in 999 Challenge : Cmbohn's 999, part 2 (Mar 8, 2009, 1:57am)

Category 1 Historical Fiction or Non-fiction- 9/9 1. Lady Susan **** 2. Persuasion **** 3. A Countess Below Stairs **** 4. The Name of the Rose *** 5. Don Quixote ** 6. The Compa ...

christina_reads in 999 Challenge : ladyc72385: 999 challenge (Mar 6, 2009, 2:26pm)

... I’ll admit it: I quite enjoyed this novel, despite the fact that the basic plot was a shameless ripoff of Austen’s Persuasion. Rossiter was a fun hero, blunt and straightforward – I just wish there had been more of him. I also found Cressy sympathetic overall, although I wanted to ...

kirbyowns in The Green Dragon : March Reads 2009 (Mar 4, 2009, 12:49pm)

I'm currently reading: Harry, A History The Book Thief Persuasion The Lightning Thief (started this one last night) I know there's got to be another book that I'm not finished with, but I'm not to sure of which one it is.

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : More than 6? (Mar 3, 2009, 4:21am)

KIK. I just watched Persuasion on dvd the weekend before last. I'm excited to read the book. I bought it on Saturday. :) Watership Down...I don't know what my problem is with bookcovers. My copy is very old and worn. It makes the book look less appealing to read...I think I'm a book ...

MrAndrew in Hogwarts Express : More than 6? (Mar 3, 2009, 3:50am)

I'll dissuade you about Persuasion, if i can - read Watership Down! It's got 50% more bunnies! Austen sadly neglected the potential of rabbit society *shakes head*

ejj1955 in Hogwarts Express : More than 6? (Mar 3, 2009, 3:46am)

Thanks, K, I'm looking forward to it. I'll recommend Persuasion, one of my favorite books ever.

flissp in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : girlunderglass stares out from her display case II (Mar 2, 2009, 11:52am)

... the beginning with Jane Austen - I've run out now, so can only sate my Austen-thirst by re-reading... My favourite is Persuasion, but Pride and Prejudice comes a close second...

TadAD in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : girlunderglass stares out from her display case II (Mar 2, 2009, 6:09am)

... a year. Last year I read Pride and Prejudice and Emma. In January of this year I read Sense and Sensibility—Persuasion will be my second. I have enjoyed them all so far. Pride and Prejudice is my favorite, followed closely by Emma. Sense and Sensibility was good but I ...

TadAD in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : girlunderglass stares out from her display case II (Mar 1, 2009, 7:46pm)

>165: I'll probably do my year's second Austen in March: Persuasion.

Fluffyblue in What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 28 February 2009 (Mar 1, 2009, 6:21pm)

Today I finished The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar, and started Persuasion by Jane Austen - which I really struggled to put down this evening! I really don't know why I haven't read more Jane Austen before because what I have read of hers I've loved.

Miss-Owl in BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: March 2009 (Mar 1, 2009, 6:16am)

... crimson-tide, I loved Wide Sargasso Sea. I just read it a few months ago. You'll have to let me know what you think. Persuasion is one of those Jane Austens I've been meaning to re-read. Mansfield Park didn't quite bear the scrutiny of a revisit, but it sounds like Persuasion will. May ...

billiejean in 50 Book Challenge : Just getting started (Mar 1, 2009, 12:52am)

How did you like Persuasion? --BJ

crimson-tide in BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: March 2009 (Feb 28, 2009, 10:07pm)

Finished Persuasion yesterday. I enjoyed it, but not enough to say I'm a real J.A. fan and rush off to read all the others right away. They'll get read eventually though. The best thing about it was, in my opinion, her comments on the times, the society, the people, the manners, the ...

ejj1955 in Literary Snobs : Film Snobs 2: Electric Boogaloo (Feb 27, 2009, 2:12pm)

... with some of the recent BBC adaptations of Austen shown on Masterpiece Theater. A case in point would be the end of Persuasion in which Captain Wentworth purchased the family home for his new wife--er, it was entailed. Sheesh. The film version in which she sailed off into the sunset with ...

compskibook in Hogwarts Express : More than 6? (Feb 25, 2009, 8:14pm)

... 22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald 33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis - only LW&W 34 Emma - Jane Austen 35 Persuasion - Jane Austen 36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis 37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini 40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne 41 Animal Farm - ...

crimson-tide in BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: February 2009 (Feb 25, 2009, 6:38am)

... I've been awol for a while - reading has been a bit slow over the past few weeks. Took me a while to get into reading Persuasion with the different rhythm of the prose and dialogue. I am enjoying it but in small doses . . . that is my brain is enjoying it, but my eyes are not ...

Ambrosia4 in 999 Challenge : Ambrosia4's 999 Challenge (Feb 24, 2009, 8:42pm)

... a pick me up...Miss Austen always brightens my day, so I decided to tackle one of her few I haven't read (the other being Persuasion, both by consequence of our not having copies when I was younger. We had nice set of P&P, S&S, and Emma, but none of her others, so I've finally got copies ...

Ambrosia4 in 999 Challenge : Ambrosia4's 999 Challenge (Feb 24, 2009, 8:41pm)

... a pick me up...Miss Austen always brightens my day, so I decided to tackle one of her few I haven't read (the other being Persuasion, both by consequence of our not having copies when I was younger. We had nice set of P&P, S&S, and Emma, but none of her others, so I've finally got copies ...

billiejean in 2009 Genre Challenge : February Genre -- Gentle Reads (Feb 23, 2009, 2:52am)

I have never read Persuasion, but I have seen so many great recommendations for it. Are you enjoying it? Well, I decided to read The Princess Bride by William Goldman as I could borrow it from my daughter. My girls read this in high school for English class discussions on archetypes. This ...

klarusu in Combiners! : Gospel, Divination and the direction of Combiners (Feb 17, 2009, 10:11am)

... explicitly social system, it's what constitutes 'works', otherwise there would be no social difference between Emma and Persuasion. Where that point lies is potentially fluid depending on individual point of view and who gets to make the rules (which would be Tim ultimately) but to argue ...

bedda in 50 Book Challenge : bedda's books in 2009 (Feb 17, 2009, 9:06am)

15. Escape by Rye James 16. Persuasion by Jane Austen 17. The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril by Paul Malmont

jhedlund in 999 Challenge : Jane Austen (Feb 16, 2009, 12:19pm)

... books that I've read (twice). I am going to read at least one other of hers for the 999 challenge. Probably Emma or Persuasion or maybe both.

SaraHope in Romance - from historical to contemporary : 2009: What you'd like to see (a whole lot) less of... (Feb 14, 2009, 11:39am)

#29 I do agree with you about Persuasion, which I also love. I don't mind the rekindled romance premise entirely if it's well handled. What I dislike is when the author makes it seem as if the initial parting was caused by silly or petty motivations, when the new relationship is overly ...

ktleyed in Romance - from historical to contemporary : 2009: What you'd like to see (a whole lot) less of... (Feb 14, 2009, 11:26am)

#29 I was thinking the same thing! I love Persuasion, it's probably what started the whole trend - 200 years ago! Although, I also loved Lisa Kleypas' Again the Magic one of my favorites!

ejj1955 in Romance - from historical to contemporary : 2009: What you'd like to see (a whole lot) less of... (Feb 14, 2009, 11:14am)

>28 I think I'd agree with you, with the huge exception of Jane Austen's Persuasion, one of my most favorite books. But they don't argue a lot when they meet again and at the end they both admit how much they regretted their earlier parting.

Miss-Owl in BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: February 2009 (Feb 12, 2009, 5:49am)

... are also waaaaaay out of my comfort zone :) Re #43 - Henry Tilney is my favourite part of Northanger Abbey. Must read Persuasion again one day soon - it will probably mean more to me than it did when I was seventeen. I must say, though, that I never was a fan of Mansfield Park. I just ...

wookiebender in BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: February 2009 (Feb 10, 2009, 7:42pm)

crimson-tide, Persuasion is my favourite Austen! It's different from her usual young silly women, in that Anne is older and missed the boat on marriage. Absolutely delightful stuff, I tend to stand on the sofa and cheer her on whenever I watch the great BBC adaptation from a few years back. But I' ...

fantasia655 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : fantasia655's '09 reads part two! (Feb 10, 2009, 1:15pm)

... only read Emma, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility but thats it, I will try and read Persuasion and Northanger Abbey this year sometime :) But its good to know that Stephanie Barron is good at imitating Jane Austen. Because I do love Jane Austen.

crimson-tide in BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: February 2009 (Feb 10, 2009, 9:28am)

... thought about it for a bit. The ending, while understandable from a plot perspective, disturbed me somewhat. Next up is Persuasion. My Jane Austen credentials are sadly lacking. I think I've only actually read one of hers (if you don't count watching film and TV adaptations) so ...

MrAndrew in Hogwarts Express : new game, Who am I? (Feb 10, 2009, 3:20am)

... Of course, we have watched one of the movie versions a few times. *rolls eyes at MsD* I wonder how many people have read Persuasion and Dune though?

LadyN in The Green Dragon : Book Bucket List (Feb 9, 2009, 5:16pm)

... Rings. I'm aso going to read all the Austen novels, having received a beautiful box set for Christmas. I've finished Persuasion, so just the rest to go.

ejj1955 in Hogwarts Express : new game, Who am I? (Feb 9, 2009, 5:01pm)

Are you Anne from Persuasion?

avaland in Club Read 2009 : lindsacl (Laura's) 2009 Reading (Feb 9, 2009, 8:51am)

>26 I have to agree about Mansfield Park, although Persuasion still stands as my sentimental favorite. Wasn't MP considered Austen's moral novel? While I have not studied the Regency period lit extensively, certainly the American novels written by women around the same time period were all ...

ejj1955 in The Green Dragon : Book Bucket List (Feb 8, 2009, 11:59am)

... think any of the dramatizations I've seen have done it justice, although the Guy Pearce one was the worst, IMHO) and for Persuasion, which is tied with P&P for my favorite Austen book. Mansfield Park is a bit more difficult, in a way, as it comes across as less "typical" Austen and the ...

annekiwi in 100 Books in 2009 Challenge : 100 NEW Books for 2009 (Feb 7, 2009, 9:08am)

I finally finished Persuasion by reading it on my lunch hour. And I read something called If You Could See Me Now. I loved Persuasion. Sometimes I find it hard to read the Austen books because the writing is so much more complex than today's writing. Still, I really enjoy it because it is ...

homeschoolmom in 2009 Genre Challenge : February Genre -- Gentle Reads (Feb 7, 2009, 2:20am)

... Peterson (a christian fiction author) that was very nice to read. Most of my books are packed now, but I'm working on Persuasion by Jane Austen. I'm assuming anything by her is considered a gentle ficiton read. I'll look for some others

Eurydice in Girlybooks : Valentine's Day thread : Best Love Stories Written by Women (Feb 6, 2009, 7:48pm)

Just peeking in. Persuasion is an absolute favorite. I only just, finally, bought a copy of Possession. Not sure why it took me so long, but I had fairly well decided, in honor of this thread, to read it on Valentine's Day - before Paola posted her seal of approval! Now it is ...

aluvalibri in Girlybooks : Valentine's Day thread : Best Love Stories Written by Women (Feb 6, 2009, 7:16pm)

I totally agree with Persuasion, as avaland suggested, and I would add Possession by A.S. Byatt.

beatlemoon in Folio Society devotees : Advice for a newbie! (Feb 6, 2009, 4:12pm)

... So having the separate volumes available was nice - I could buy only the ones I really wanted. I've picked up P&P and Persuasion in the newest versions and I love them. I would have liked a matching Sense & Sensibility to round out my personal Austen collection. I may be visiting the ...

lindsacl in Girlybooks : Valentine's Day thread : Best Love Stories Written by Women (Feb 6, 2009, 4:11pm)

... morning and immediately thought of The Idea of Perfection. But duty called, and I did not have time to post. And Persuasion is my favorite Austen, too. Both suggestions are perfect for this thread!

clamairy in The Green Dragon : Book Bucket List (Feb 6, 2009, 10:15am)

... aren't tow different versions, are there? I loved Emma, by the way. I have two Austens yet to read. Mansfield Park and Persuasion. They are both on my Book Bucket List.

clamairy in The Green Dragon : Book Bucket List (Feb 6, 2009, 10:15am)

blast it

avaland in Girlybooks : Valentine's Day thread : Best Love Stories Written by Women (Feb 6, 2009, 9:20am)

I'll have to go do and roam the shelves but off the top of my head: Persuasion by Jane Austen. My favorite Austen, I think. I just love the idea of this twosome still being in love after so many years and the challenges of finally getting together. The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville. ...

Tafadhali in 50 Book Challenge : Tafadhali's Read More Than in 2008 Challenge (Feb 5, 2009, 4:13pm)

... Montgomery 2. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen * 3. Junky by William S. Burroughs 4. Hero by Perry Moore 5. Persuasion by Jane Austen * 6. Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge * 7. Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery 8. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 9. Th ...

MarthaJeanne in 999 Challenge : Georgette Heyer (Feb 4, 2009, 4:47pm)

... forced to become governess, wins position she is entitled to through her virtue. Obsession with standing of family (Think Persuasion) These don't play well if you are thinking 20th century novel. People we know don't think that way. But Heyer knew that people in novels of that period did. I ...

beatlemoon in Folio Society devotees : Advice for a newbie! (Feb 3, 2009, 11:03am)

... titles for under $50 each there. I would also vote for the Austens; I already had Pride and Prejudice but I picked up Persuasion when I joined a few months ago.

Medellia in Folio Society devotees : Advice for a newbie! (Feb 3, 2009, 9:48am)

... that one, but I loved The Remains of the Day.) I also love the Austen books--I own Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, and I have my eye on Emma--but BorisG found out recently that they're not going to publish more in that series. So know that you won't be able to have a ...

Hollister5320 in Book of the month club : Was that really another January gone already? (Feb 2, 2009, 5:23pm)

... this is generally considered to be one of her better books, and I can see why. Really good read, I recommend it. 3. Persuasion, by Jane Austen - Another category of mine is Classics. Jane Austen certainly fits that bill. This is my third Austen piece (S&S and P&P are my others), and I ...

PatsyMurray in 50 Book Challenge : Just getting started (Feb 1, 2009, 9:51pm)

... Castle of Adventure Enid Blyton Island of Adventure Donald E. Westlake Don't Ask Jane Austen Persuasion February:

amwmsw04 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : lindsacl's (Laura's) challenge (Ene 31, 2009, 10:02pm)

Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion are my two favorite Austen novels, though I have read them all and I can't say I disliked any of them...just liked some less than others.

lindsacl in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : lindsacl's (Laura's) challenge (Ene 31, 2009, 5:39pm)

Persuasion is my favorite, Cait. I just read it last month. P&P is a very close second, and I'm due for a re-read.

Cait86 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : lindsacl's (Laura's) challenge (Ene 31, 2009, 5:30pm)

... plan on reading them both this year. My favourite is Pride and Prejudice, which I have read about ten times, but I read Persuasion earlier this month, and loved it too! I should really reread Sense and Sensibility and Northanger Abbey because it has been a few years :) In a class I ...

jshorr in Folio Society devotees : Folio Pride & Prejudice (Ene 30, 2009, 10:01am)

... of the folio Pride and Prejudice in new/very good condition for a valentines present for my wife. I bought her Emma, Persuasion and the Jane Austen's Letters volumes for Christmas, but P&P was sold out and is no longer being produced by Folio. Does anyone know of a good shop that ...

agatatera in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Aga's list for 2009 (Ene 29, 2009, 3:07pm)

11. Persuasion by Jane Austen

rockinrhombus in What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of 24 January, 2009? (Ene 28, 2009, 5:43pm)

Finished The Eight and started a reread of Persuasion. Also reading The Third Girl and House of Abraham.

leahmichele in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : leahmichele's 75 (Ene 27, 2009, 5:12pm)

... McCarthy Tap and Gown - Diana Peterfreund Rampant - Diana Peterfreund King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard Persuasion - Jane Austen Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris

Prop2gether in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Prop2gether's 2009 List (Ene 27, 2009, 11:06am)

... of those books, and there are three by Austen, that I avoided for years, partly because I so love Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, and partly because the descriptions always lingered over the fact that Austen was mocking the gothic novel so popular in her time. As it happens, I read it ...

BorisG in Folio Society devotees : A visit to the Member's Room (Ene 25, 2009, 5:53pm)

(Double post)

BorisG in Folio Society devotees : A visit to the Member's Room (Ene 25, 2009, 5:53pm)

... is, compared to the modern renditions! Will get this one day) - The Art of War - Anne of Green Gables - Emma, Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice - Perrault's Fairy tales (So exceptionally good, I had to buy one :) ) I've checked the Dickens series, and as suspected, found ...

KathiJ in Book talk : Books made into movies (Ene 24, 2009, 11:14am)

Oliver Twist Charles Dickins David Copperfield Charles Dickens Emma Jane Austin Persuasion Jane Austin

Nickelini in 1001 Books to read before you die : Nickelini's 1001 List (Ene 22, 2009, 12:43pm)

... Proposal, 2006 4. Candide, 2005 5. Sense and Sensibility, 2008 6. Mansfield Park, 2007 7. Emma, 1990s 8. Persuasion, 2007 9. Frankenstein, 2003 10. The Nose, 2007 11. Fall of the House of Usher, 1980s 12. A Christmas Carol, 1980s 13. Pit and the Pendulum, 1980s ...

flissp in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : What We Are Reading - Classics (Ene 22, 2009, 7:07am)

... with Mansfield Park, it's my least favourite (sorry Tad - I like them all, but I think you've read the best ones first, Persuasion is the one I truly love above all), but it definitely improved on me with the rereading. Actually allthesedarnbooks, have you read her juvenilia? Love and ...

PatsyMurray in 50 Book Challenge : alice443 50+ by December 10, 2009 (Ene 21, 2009, 9:41pm)

... Blue by Benjamin Zucker on my list so now I already plan to read alphabetically by author (first, Jane Austen's Persuasion and then by title, Blue. This will be great fun! Thanks for the idea.

PatsyMurray in 50 Book Challenge : Just getting started (Ene 21, 2009, 9:32pm)

... despite many flaws (poor dialogue, moralizing, etc.) you cannot beat them for their sense of adventure. Now I must get to Persuasion. I am afraid it may be a while before I get to The Peabody Sisters, especially at the rate I've been going. Still, I am glad to hear that you liked it and I ...

TadAD in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : What We Are Reading - Classics (Ene 21, 2009, 3:37pm)

... two Austens a year until done with them. Last year Pride and Prejudice and Emma; this year Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion; next year were to be Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey. Hmmmmm.

LadyN in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in January? (Ene 21, 2009, 7:15am)

I've now finished Persuasion and wondering what to move on to. Another Austen? Or maybe break it up with something completely different? I really feel like going to Waterstones to spend some chriatmas tokens, but today is the one day I have no time to go. Hrmph.

miilva in Romance - from historical to contemporary : Book Challenge 2009 (Ene 19, 2009, 8:16pm)

I've finished a couple more... 4. Persuasion by Jane Austen (book on CD, now that I'm driving to work.) 5. Just One of the Boys by Kristin Higgins And I'm really just posting to try the meter. :)

ejj1955 in What Are You Reading Now? : Comfort reading (Ene 19, 2009, 7:16pm)

... McCaffrey's Pern stories or Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series. And for very special cases, Jane Austen, especially Persuasion.

cornerhouse in What Are You Reading Now? : Comfort reading (Ene 19, 2009, 12:23pm)

... comfort reading would be: Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series Jane Austen, especially Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion Samuel Beckett, especially the novels, but also Waiting for Godot David Lodge, especially The British Museum is Falling Down 84, Charing Cross Road by He ...

mamalaz in Romance - from historical to contemporary : Opinion on Jane Austen books needed!! (Ene 18, 2009, 12:31pm)

I'll give you my favorites in order too: Pride and Prejudice Emma Sense and Sensibility Persuasion Mansfield Park Northanger Abbey P&P is one of my all time favorite books. The A&E production with Colin Firth & Jennifer Ehle is a really faithful rendering of the story. I ...

mamalaz in Romance - from historical to contemporary : Opinion on Jane Austen books needed!! (Ene 18, 2009, 12:30pm)

I'll give you my favorites in order too: Pride and Prejudice Emma Sense and Sensibility Persuasion Mansfield Park Northanger Abbey P&P is one of my all time favorite books. The A&E production with Colin Firth & Jennifer Ehle is a really faithful rendering of the story. I ...

katybear in Romance - from historical to contemporary : Opinion on Jane Austen books needed!! (Ene 18, 2009, 11:30am)

... that I first read them in: Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Northanger Abbey Mansfield Park Emma Persuasion

applebook1 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Favorite reads (Ene 18, 2009, 8:03am)

I enjoyed...Hard Times by Charles Dickens quite much..as well as Jane Austen's Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice if I have to pick some among classics.. From fantasy genre, I love Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis and Hexwood by Diana Wynne Jones Those are the few that ...

ktleyed in Romance - from historical to contemporary : Opinion on Jane Austen books needed!! (Ene 17, 2009, 10:49pm)

... this would be what I would do if I were you, starting with my favorites: Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Persuasion Emma Northanger Abbey Mansfield Park P&P is one of my favorite all time books, I hope you enjoy them all! Frankly, the only I don't like is Mansfiel ...

ejj1955 in What Are You Reading Now? : Author/Character Crushes (Ene 17, 2009, 1:20am)

... Moore. The Scarlet Pimpernel, speaking of men who are blindly devoted to their wives. Probably Captain Wentworth from Persuasion as my favorite Austen hero. And the main character from The Gadfly by E. L. Voynich, poor tortured soul that he is. But brilliant, brave, and full of ...

flissp in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Cyderry - 2008 done, time to look to 2009 (Ene 15, 2009, 2:21pm)

... had when I first read it, but I would have agreed that it was far from Jane Austen's best (my favourites are firmly Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice). However, in my habitual rereading of all things Austen (there just aren't enough!), I ended up reading it again and it went down ...

LadyN in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in January? (Ene 15, 2009, 6:12am)

I'm still reading Persuasion, but thought I'd let you all know, (especially since I know there are lots of Austen fans in HE), that I'm loving it. :-)

Prop2gether in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Cyderry - 2008 done, time to look to 2009 (Ene 14, 2009, 4:41pm)

I'm about 3 chapters into Northanger Abbey and so far, okay. I really love Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, but the premise (based on reviews and such) is a little harder to swallow. I don't think I'm far enough into the story to know yet, but I'll let you know!

annekiwi in 100 Books in 2009 Challenge : 100 NEW Books for 2009 (Ene 13, 2009, 3:59pm)

... So far I've only managed 3 books this year; Breaking Dawn, Eclipse, and Fish Out of Water. I'm working on Persuasion, Wuthering Heights, and Pillars of the Earth. I have a degree in English literature and I think it's awful the amount of classics that I've missed. I had ...

annekiwi in Book talk : 100 NEW Books Challenge for 2009 (Ene 13, 2009, 3:52pm)

... know if it counts as a book, since it was more like brain candy; easy, sweet, and undoubtedly bad for me. I'm working on Persuasion and Wuthering Heights right now. I loved the movie PERSUASION with Ciaran Hinds. It's pretty easy reading for me if I can find the time to devour it. Kiwi

Cait86 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Cait86's 2009 Reading (Ene 9, 2009, 7:53pm)

Book #6: Persuasion by Jane Austen This is the fourth Austen novel that I have read, and while Pride and Prejudice is my absolute favourite, Persuasion was really wonderful. I sympathized with the feelings of Anne Elliot, and understood her attraction to Captain Wentworth ...

Cait86 in 999 Challenge : Cait86's Challenge! (Ene 9, 2009, 7:30pm)

Finished Persuasion today, so I think I will read something a bit easier - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

Cait86 in 999 Challenge : What are you reading right now? (Ene 9, 2009, 7:27pm)

Finished Persuasion, so I am now moving onto A Thousand Splendid Suns.

AnnaClaire in New features : Will you like it? (Ene 9, 2009, 11:04am)

... like" Mind the Gaffe! (certainty: very low). The pointer indicates I'd probably like it only a little less than Persuasion (which was itself earmarked for half of the five stars I gave it). Googling Mind the Gaffe! was what brought me to LT in the first place.

LadyN in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in January? (Ene 9, 2009, 5:35am)

Just realised I haven't updated my reading... Finished The Rotters' Club on the 5th, and am now reading.............. Persuasion!! Finally I try some Austen. As I posted on the gift pile thread (?), my friend gave me a beautiful Austen bow set for Christmas. I didn't realise I'd started ...

AnnaClaire in New features : Will you like it? (Ene 8, 2009, 3:38pm)

>81 I'm starting to really dislike numbers. How 'bout adjusting prediction to include people's ratings? If I rated Persuasion twice what I thought it would, it's gotta indicate that I'd probably like some other books more than it would think too, right?

AnnaClaire in New features : Will you like it? (Ene 8, 2009, 3:26pm)

I like it, even if it ended up with a few kinks in its accuracy. As in, it said I "will probably like" Persuasion with a "very high" certainty. If the little triangular pointer is a prediction of about what I'd rate it, it says I'd give it a 2.5 or so -- annekiwi in Book talk : 100 NEW Books Challenge for 2009 (Ene 7, 2009, 3:09pm)

This is driving me crazy. Why won't it work? Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer I am reading Persuasion right now, should be done with it soon. When I see all the great books I haven't read, it really makes me wonder about my education. How can I have degrees in English Literature, Ph ...

Cait86 in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : What We Are Reading - Classics (Ene 7, 2009, 9:15am)

I looove classics, so this will be a thread for me to star! Currently I am reading Persuasion, and then I might tackle Emma and Mansfield Park, the other Austen's that I have not yet read :)

iwillrejoice in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today?--January 2009 (Ene 6, 2009, 9:52pm)

4 mooches in today: Persuasion by Jane Austen Washington Square by Henry James A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve and Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres

blondierocket in 1001 Books to read before you die : Blondierocket's 1001 Progress (Ene 6, 2009, 6:10pm)

... Expectations 39. Madame Bovary 40. Agnes Grey 41. Jane Eyre 42. A Christmas Carol 43. Frankenstein 44. Persuasion 45. Pride and Prejudice 46. Sense and Sensibility 47. The Mysteries of Udolpho 48. The Vicar of Wakefield 49. Rasselas 50. A Modest Proposal 51 ...

Cait86 in 999 Challenge : Cait86's Challenge! (Ene 5, 2009, 7:38pm)

Just finished the first volume of Maus by Art Spiegelman, and am moving on to Persuasion by Jane Austen.

Cait86 in 1001 Books to read before you die : What Book From the 1001 List are You Reading: January 2009 (Ene 5, 2009, 7:35pm)

Just moved on to Persuasion, one of the three Austen novels I haven't read.

arubabookwoman in 1001 Books to read before you die : Arubabookwoman's 1001 Quest-1-36 (Ene 5, 2009, 5:33pm)

... and Prejudice, Jane Austen, 1970's 12. Mansfield Park, Jane Austen, 1970's 13. Emma, Jane Austen, 1970's 14. Persuasion, Jane Austen, 1970's 15. Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen, 1970 16. Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, James Hogg, 1960's 17. Last of ...

cocoafiend in Club Read 2009 : Movies and movie interests (Ene 4, 2009, 11:11pm)

Thanks all, for the Jane Austen feedback! I'm okay with the Ciarin Hinds and Amanda Root Persuasion, but don't love it or the newer version. I agree that the Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth Pride and Prejudice is the best. I thought Keira Knightly was fine in the newer one, but I wanted to ...

jfetting in Club Read 2009 : Movies and movie interests (Ene 4, 2009, 6:52pm)

You all have great taste in movies. My Netflix queue grew by about 15 discs today. I liked the Amanda Root/Ciaran Hinds Persuasion, too. I don't love it the way I do the other Austen adaptations, but I think that may be because I'm not as into Persuasion as I am into her other novels. I ...

MarthaJeanne in 999 Challenge : MarthaJeanne's Challenge (Ene 4, 2009, 6:03am)

Persuasion This was wonderful! Especially after watching the BBC video, and being upset by the weaknesses of the story there. Turns out the weaknesses were all in the video - not in the book.

MarthaJeanne in 999 Challenge : Jane Austen (Ene 3, 2009, 11:50am)

A lot of us are reading Jane Austen this year, so I thought I'd start a thread for her books. I'm reading Persuasion. I just watched the BBC version, and I'm happy to report that the book satisfies all the complaints I had about the video.

PatsyMurray in 50 Book Challenge : Just getting started (Ene 3, 2009, 11:12am)

... My first few attempts will be The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin, Blue by Benjamin Zucker and Persuasion by Jane Austen. I was saddened to read today that Donald E. Westlake has died and as a tribute will try to find The Hot Rock and some of his other ...

MarthaJeanne in 999 Challenge : What are you reading right now? (Ene 3, 2009, 3:37am)

I started with The Private World of Georgette Heyer, and now I'm reading Persuasion. Thanks to all the people with Austen categories, I think my classics category is going to change to an 'Austen & co' category. I have all her books that I don't own out from the library.

Cait86 in 999 Challenge : Cait86's Challenge! (Ene 2, 2009, 6:00pm)

... British Classics 1. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 2. Emma – Jane Austen 3. Mansfield Park – Jane Austen 4. Persuasion – Jane Austen - FINISHED January 9/09 5. Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens 6. Vanity Fair – William Makepeace Thackeray 7. TBA 8. TBA 9. TBA Canadi ...

Kerian in 50 Book Challenge : Kerian's 2009 book challenge (Ene 1, 2009, 6:59pm)

... begin reviewing books I've read in the past there as well. Austen Challenge: Six or more books consisting of Persuasion, Mansfield Park, Emma, and three free-choice books about Austen and/or her works. Classics Challenge: Twelve or more books to be read at any time ...

theaelizabet in Girlybooks : YOUR BEST GIRLYBOOKS OF 2008 (Ene 1, 2009, 1:33pm)

... Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Best Biography: Charlotte Bronte: A Passionate Life by Lyndall Gordon Best Classic: Persuasion by Jane Austen Best Historical Fiction: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks Best Just-plain-fun Read: House at Riverton by Kate Morton

streamsong in Girlybooks : YOUR BEST GIRLYBOOKS OF 2008 (Ene 1, 2009, 11:08am)

Book I'm most haunted by: We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver Best previously unread classic Persuasion by Jane Austen Most memorable woman character written by a man A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini --runnerup--Veronika Decides to Die by ...

SpiraledStar in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : SpiraledStar's 75 books (Dic 31, 2008, 1:17am)

... Nonfiction: 6 Top picks: the baker's dozen of 2008, in random order: The Prestige The Graveyard Book Jane Eyre Persuasion The Book Thief World War Z Watchmen Out of the Silent Planet Canterbury Tales Cyrano de Bergerac Fragile Things Amphigorey The Great Gat ...

jargoneer in Club Read 2009 : Movies and movie interests (Dic 30, 2008, 6:02pm)

I'll third the nomination for the 1995 version of Persuasion - it captures the tone of the novel perfectly. On a point of clarification - BBC didn't make the recent versions of Mansfield Park & Persuasion; they were made by ITV, which used to make excellent period drama like Brideshe ...

Cariola in Club Read 2009 : Movies and movie interests (Dic 30, 2008, 9:57am)

I will also put in a good word for the Amanda Root/Ciarán Hinds version of Persuasion. It's very low key--but then so is the novel and its heroine. Like almost everyone, I'm also partial to the Colin Firth P&P. I haven't seen the earlier one, and I did like the new one with Kiera Knightley ...

cocoafiend in Club Read 2009 : Movies and movie interests (Dic 29, 2008, 8:25pm)

... have any opinions on Jane Austen adaptations? For instance, is it just me, or are there no particularly good adaptations of Persuasion? I haven't done a lot of research on this, but have seen two versions...

christiguc in What Are You Reading Now? : What did you get for Christmas? (Dic 27, 2008, 11:55am)

... Old-Book Peddler and other tales for bibliophiles by Stefan Zweig Persuasion by Jane Austen Louise Dahl-Wolfe by Nan Richardson The ...

karenmarie in BookMooching : So did anybody get any books for Christmas that they want to mooch? (Dic 26, 2008, 12:40pm)

... some VERY NICE (The Easton Press) hardcover editions of Jane Austen's books, so put up all my paperback editions. Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility have been mooched Mansfield Park - mooched Northanger Abbey - mooched Emma - mooched Still available: Pride and Prejudic ...

callen610 in What Are You Reading Now? : New Vocabulary (Dic 26, 2008, 8:40am)

#72 - jesslyncummings: My mother and I recently read Persuasion together, and we loved the usage of "retrench". I think there will be a lot of us doing that with the economy going the way it is!

arcona in Canadian Bookworms : Books Under your Christmas Tree? (Dic 25, 2008, 8:28pm)

... by Wayne Johnston, Exit Music by Ian Rankin, and a Jane Austin collection of Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and Emma. It looks as if January will be a busy month when these are added to the Canada Reads books I have to get finished before Feburary.

flissp in 999 Challenge : 999 for flissp! (Dic 22, 2008, 9:30am)

... 21st birthday - but thanks for the recommendation! Do they have good notes though? I got very irritated by the notes for Persuasion in my Penguin edition when I was rereading it recently...

kb1dqt in 50 Book Challenge : kb1dqt - 50 book challenge (Dic 21, 2008, 7:28pm)

Finished: Persuasion by Jane Austen.

iamwrappedupinbooks in 50 Book Challenge : iamwrappedupinbooks is becoming even MORE wrapped up in books (Dic 21, 2008, 3:49am)

36. Persuasion 37. The Penelopiad 38. Burning Your Boats

xicanti in 999 Challenge : xicanti's 999 (Dic 16, 2008, 5:40pm)

... pleasure authors. I almost always have a good time with her books. cyderry: count me in for the Dante read! cmbohn: Persuasion is actually a reread for me, but it's been many, many years since I last tackled it. I'm looking forward to going back over it with fresh eyes.

cmbohn in 999 Challenge : xicanti's 999 (Dic 16, 2008, 12:50pm)

Persuasion is on my list too. I saw the miniseries on PBS and it was so good! But I can't wait to read it.

xicanti in 999 Challenge : xicanti's 999 (Dic 15, 2008, 1:21pm)

1. Classic Lit: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Persuasion by Jane Austen Inferno by Dante Alighieri A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins Narziz und Goldmumd by Herman Hesse Dragon Seed by Pearl S. Buck De Pro ...

SpiraledStar in 50 Book Challenge : SpiraledStar's 75 book challenge (Dic 14, 2008, 12:59pm)

Finished three books: Persuasion, Fragile Things, and Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Loved all three. Persuasion was heart-warming with dashes of humor, Fragile Things was absolutely fantastic, and Old Possum's was a short, humorous romp through poetry. 30/75 completed

SpiraledStar in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : SpiraledStar's 75 books (Dic 14, 2008, 12:57pm)

Been very busy this past week, but I found time to finish a few books. First up: Persuasion. Read this for a lit. class, but I have been wanting to read this book for a long time. I saw the movie on Masterpiece Theatre, and I just loved it. The book met all my expectations and surpassed them. T ...

applebook1 in Book Nudgers : Dec. 12 nudge for a friend (Dic 12, 2008, 11:14am)

... work, I know that she read Pride and Prejudice and she is currently reading Emma...I also recommended her to read Persuasion later if she has time..

flissp in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : flissp 2008 books (Dic 9, 2008, 6:57am)

83) Persuasion 84) Pride and Prejudice - These are my two favourite Jane Austen's - had a bit of a binge at the weekend! ...still not posted my Fiddle Case review - must do that!

lindsacl in Girlybooks : What Books by Women are You Reading Now? December 2008 (Dic 8, 2008, 5:05pm)

I finished Persuasion and really, really enjoyed it! My current book is not "by and/or about women," but I can't stay away long -- I'll be back in a day or two!

chanale in 999 Challenge : chanale's 999 Challenge (Dic 8, 2008, 11:40am)

... align=right width=160>Miss Austen

1. Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
2. Persuasion, Jane Austen
3. Suspense and Sensibility, Carrie Bebris
4. So You Think You Know Jane Austen?: A Literary Quizbook *~read~*

. . . ...

Bacchante in 999 Challenge : Bacchante's 999 Challenge (Dic 7, 2008, 3:34pm)

... (read) 2. Charlotte Brontë - Villette 3. Anne Brontë - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4. Jane Austen - Persuasion 5. Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist 6. Oscar Wilde - The picture of Dorian Grey 7. Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility 8. 9.

yhoitink in 50 Book Challenge : yhoitink's read books (Dic 7, 2008, 10:40am)

49. Persuasion by Jane Austen

fictiondreamer in What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of 6 December 2008 (Dic 7, 2008, 10:39am)

... gentle wisdom, Traditional Chinese Medicine for Women: Reflections of The Moon by Xiaolan Zhao, and Jane Austen's Persuasion. And finally finished Amrita Imroz A Love Story by Dr Uma Trilok, about the wonderful Punjabi poet & writer, Amrita Pritam and her life-long friendship ...

lindsacl in 50 Book Challenge : lindsacl's 2008 read-a-thon (Dic 7, 2008, 5:24am)

... target="_blank"> Persuasion - review From my review: I often find it difficult to review great classic literature -- ...

MyopicBookworm in List Five Books Parlour Game : ABCs (Dic 5, 2008, 6:07am)

Noggin King of the Nogs by Oliver Postgate Orlando the Marmalade Cat by Kathleen Hale Persuasion by Jane Austen Questions of English by Jeremy Marshall The Runagates Club by John Buchan

celiafrances in Girlybooks : What Books by Women are You Reading Now? December 2008 (Dic 4, 2008, 7:44pm)

>18: lindsacl, I loved Persuasion! I've never taken one of those "which Jane Austen character are you" quizzes, but I'm pretty sure that I'd be Anne Elliot. Ooh, I should celebrate if it's her birthday month! Maybe Northanger Abbey next since I was just watching the Masterpiece Theatre ...

lindsacl in Reading Globally : Where in the World are You Now? December 2008 (Dic 4, 2008, 7:15am)

... spending time with the Elliots and the Musgroves and wondering what Captain Wentworth is thinking about the young ladies: Persuasion. Loving it.

lindsacl in Girlybooks : What Books by Women are You Reading Now? December 2008 (Dic 3, 2008, 9:19pm)

>16: celiafrances, I'm reading Persuasion! It's my 5th Austen and I hope to read Mansfield Park soon. I'm really enjoying Persuasion. Austen is delightful. This is her birthday month, too, so why not celebrate?

SpiraledStar in 1001 Books to read before you die : December 2008: What book from the 1001 list are you reading? (Dic 2, 2008, 8:17pm)

I plan to read Persuasion, probably starting next week. My current book is taking all my attention!

laytonwoman3rd in Book Nudgers : Please nudge a December book for christiguc (Dic 2, 2008, 4:34pm)

No, no...Persuasion is Austen, not Borges...you been at tomcat's flask again?

Marensr in Hogwarts Express : Game: "But I've never read . . ." (Nov 25, 2008, 2:15pm)

I've read Persuasion But I have never read War and Peace

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : Game: "But I've never read . . ." (Nov 25, 2008, 2:14pm)

I've read Fingersmith But I've never read Persuasion.

applebook1 in 18th-19th Century Britain : Recommend Me Something! (Nov 21, 2008, 7:57pm)

... simply wonderful.. Pride and Prejudice..has been my first introduction to Jane Austen as well.. Among her works, I liked Persuasion as well.. I would recommend Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd as well..

MarthaJeanne in 999 Challenge : MarthaJeanne's Challenge (Nov 18, 2008, 5:52am)

!Classics - Mostly Austen Persuasion Emma Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Fahrenheit 451 Grendel Das Glasperlenspiel Ben Hur Beowulf

BKieras in 999 Challenge : Bridget's 999 in 2009 Challenge (Nov 16, 2008, 6:39pm)

... (also 1001) - Pride and Prejudice - Northanger Abby - Lady Susan - Mansfield Park - Persuasion Books Selected or Recommended by Amber - Amber is my 17 year old daughter. She also enjoys reading, but her taste is somewhat different than ...

compskibook in Hogwarts Express : Group Movie Watch III (Nov 15, 2008, 1:09pm)

Persuasion tonight! A really good Jane Austen movie. Try to make it if you can.

aviddiva in Book Nudgers : M1001 Nudge (Nov 13, 2008, 11:28pm)

... they both have main characters that I found thoroughly annoying. Pride and Prejudice is delightful, though, and so is Persuasion.

Tafadhali in 999 Challenge : Tafadhali's 999 Challenge (Nov 13, 2008, 12:23am)

I. 19TH CENTURY CLASSICS 1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen DONE, 1/24/09 2. Persuasion by Jane Austen DONE, 2/4/09 3. Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens DONE, 3/27/09 4. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 5. Moby Dick by Herman Melville 6. Vanity Fair by W ...

urania1 in Book Nudgers : M1001 Nudge (Nov 12, 2008, 4:42pm)

I am late and you have chosen. Persuasion is a good choice, but you really need to reveal a bit more about yourself on your profile page or here to receive adequate feedback. For example, to what music do you listen? What artists do you like? Your favorite color? And finally, if you were ...

media1001 in Book Nudgers : M1001 Nudge (Nov 10, 2008, 12:21am)

... good disguise because it has fooled me for all these years. But, yeah, I am in touch enough with my feminine side to read Persuasion or talk about bubble baths or...pedicures or...uhhh, you know...doilies or whatever. At any rate, it looks like it is Jane Austen versus The Russians, which ...

kiwidoc in Book Nudgers : M1001 Nudge (Nov 9, 2008, 9:13pm)

... to look up your dance routine and continue the giggles. (If you are a female in disguise, I think you should pick Persuasion. If you need to write a love letter anytime soon, just skip to the declarative love letter at the end and you will 'pierce the soul' of any female you desire!

FlossieT in Book Nudgers : M1001 Nudge (Nov 9, 2008, 6:33pm)

Persuasion! Persuasion! Persuasion! Hmm, that's not very persuasive, really... but it's great. Really. I hated Wuthering Heights. Listen to Kate Bush and you've got the best of it - just missing a few pages of badly-transcribed Yorkshire dialect. Ugh.

Cariola in Book Nudgers : M1001 Nudge (Nov 9, 2008, 1:52pm)

... Obscure is a bit melodramatic, but I love it nonetheless. It's my favorite Hardy novel. I'd also nudge Jane Eyre, Persuasion, and The House of Mirth.

Nickelini in Book Nudgers : M1001 Nudge (Nov 8, 2008, 2:22pm)

... (is twisted and flawed, but I loved it), Jane Eyre, Emma (my least favourite Austen), Mansfield Park (loved it) and Persuasion (good too). Hope that helps! (No, I know it didn't).

media1001 in Book Nudgers : M1001 Nudge (Nov 8, 2008, 12:34pm)

... which includes: Pride and Prejudice - **** Sense and Sensibility (already read it) - **** Emma - **** Persuasion - ***** Mansfield Park - ***** Lady Susan - *** Northanger Abbey - **** Bronte Collection which includes: Jane Eyre (already read it) - ** ...

shaunnas in 999 Challenge : joining my first challenge (Nov 7, 2008, 4:18pm)

Bronte, Austen, and Eliot 1-Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 2-Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 3-Persuasion by Jane Austen 4-Villette by Charlotte Bronte 5-The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte 6-Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 7-Middlemarch by George Eli ...

Medellia in 1001 Books to read before you die : November 2008: What Book from the 1001 List are You Reading? (Nov 3, 2008, 2:16pm)

... of some 1001 books I've already read: Agnes Grey, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, and Persuasion.

Lavinient in 50 Book Challenge : Lavinia starts April 2008 (Oct 27, 2008, 11:02am)

125. King of Sword and Sky by C.L. Wilson 126. Persuasion by Jane Austen

Marensr in Virago Modern Classics : Something not so Nasty in the Woodshed (Oct 26, 2008, 11:10pm)

I am glad the Austen intellectual scuffle ended with Persuasion for which I have always had a soft spot. I think favorite books are rather like old coat linings I don't show them to strangers for fear that others will think them tatty rather than comforting. Dear Julie, I am sorry you have ...

rbhardy3rd in Virago Modern Classics : The Church of Our Lady of Unread Books (Oct 25, 2008, 12:39pm)

... school, I was forced to read Jude the Obscure, Great Expectations and 1984. In college, I was assigned Jane Austen's Persuasion for a freshman English class. I disliked all of these books. Coming back to them later in my life, when I had matured a little, I was pleased to find that ...

bleuroses in Virago Modern Classics : Something not so Nasty in the Woodshed (Oct 25, 2008, 12:29pm)

... urnaia's comment about being a 'virgin' to a certain book, a feeling of which I know well, I'm off to purchase a copy of Persuasion (being persuaded, of course....). Another JA virgin about to take the glorious plunge!

aviddiva in Virago Modern Classics : Something not so Nasty in the Woodshed (Oct 24, 2008, 2:23pm)

Likewise! I think one of my favorite things about Persuasion is how much is NOT said in it.

lindsacl in Virago Modern Classics : The Church of Our Lady of Unread Books (Oct 24, 2008, 1:31pm)

... but am married to someone who has so I'm counting that. We are the yin and yang of reading snobs. >10: I haven't read Persuasion or Mansfield Park yet either, but they are nearly top of the TBR now. Persuasion definitely before end of year; MP likely to be read soon thereafter.

aluvalibri in Virago Modern Classics : Something not so Nasty in the Woodshed (Oct 24, 2008, 1:31pm)

What a great way of summarizing the feelings induced by Austen! Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice are my favourites, and I think it is time for a reread. You two have inspired me!!! Thank you.

lindsacl in Virago Modern Classics : Something not so Nasty in the Woodshed (Oct 24, 2008, 1:15pm)

I'm excited because I am planning to read Persuasion before the year is out ! I will have to come back and re-read this discourse at that time.

Talbin in Virago Modern Classics : The Church of Our Lady of Unread Books (Oct 24, 2008, 12:52pm)

... in sin against Miss Austen. Although I've read P&P and Emma, I have not read any of her other books. My catalog shows I own Persuasion and Mansfield Park, but alas, I have not read them. And I don't even own Sense and Sensibility! (And yet I own and have read The Jane Austen Book Club, ...

urania1 in Virago Modern Classics : Something not so Nasty in the Woodshed (Oct 24, 2008, 10:06am)

... she is capable of riding to the rescue herself if need be. Finally, I agree with you about Anne Elliot. I think in Persuasion, we see Jane Austen at her finest and most carefully nuanced. And I thank you for the opportunity to engage in the delights of the intellectual life at its ...

Elee in 999 Challenge : Elee's 999 Challenge (Oct 22, 2008, 11:45pm)

... Austen 3. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 4. Emma by Jane Austen 5. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 6. Persuasion by Jane Austen 7. Lady Susan by Jane Austen Yes, it's true - I have never read a book by Jane Austen. I intend to remedy that situation once-and-for-all in ...

AsYouKnow_Bob in Literary Snobs : Best books by GENRE (Oct 18, 2008, 12:39pm)

Some of the categories require Too Much Thought, but a few I can name right off the top of my head: Best Romance: Persuasion. Still the standard. Near as I can tell, the rest of the genre is mostly knock-offs of the original. Best Western: Owen Wister's The Virginian. See ...

kiwiflowa in 999 Challenge : Kiwidlowa's 999 challenge list (Oct 18, 2008, 3:45am)

ladygata in Literary Snobs : Guilty pleasures for the toffee-nosed (Oct 17, 2008, 12:08pm)

Jane Austen is like London...you either love or hate both. I rarely stay up the night to finish a book, but Persuasion was an exception. I'm in the 'Love' category, though I found Emma trialsome too. Mark Twain hated Austen, saying something along the lines of wanting to throw her books at ...

LizzieG in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : LizzieG's 75 for 2008 (Oct 16, 2008, 6:50am)

... it comes to books. Its only taken me 30-something years to get to that point..... 40. (Comfort of the highest order) Persuasion by Jane Austen. Is Anne Elliot my favourite heroine? Possibly, unless I am reading another Jane Austen! I get so sucked in by the story, characters and setting ...

Nickelini in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Left Your Home Today? October 2008 (Oct 3, 2008, 5:44pm)

... the Silmarillion Tried, but just.could.not.read.it. Made it to page 29. Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion-- all duplicates or double-duplicates Non-fiction: Revel, Riot & Rebellion: Popular Politics and Culture in England 1603-1660. I hated reading this book ...

blackdogbooks in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : blackdogbooks year 2008 (Sep 23, 2008, 10:49pm)

Thanks for the Persuasion suggestions. Another thought on Austen; I have read a bunch of very spare prose and I was a bit concerned that Austen's prose would overwhelm me completely. But her long and meandering sentences never seemed to lose me. Her talent was obviously great, as that kind of ...

Prop2gether in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : blackdogbooks year 2008 (Sep 23, 2008, 11:48am)

Oh, yes, Persuasion or Pride and Prejudice would be good. Persuasion is more complex in its social mores and situations and the heroine really must decide what to do for herself. Pride and Prejudice is better known for all the take-offs and current supplementals, but it's like reading Meas ...

TrishNYC in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : blackdogbooks year 2008 (Sep 22, 2008, 10:56pm)

Try Persuasion next. Pride and Prejudice is my favorite book but over the years, I have begun to develop an even deeper appreciation for Persuasion. Its about love lost...the rest you will find out when you read it. Totally agree with your read on Emma. There were times when I was just ...

mamalaz in List Five Books Parlour Game : The one and only (Sep 17, 2008, 11:11pm)

Emma by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Jaws by Peter Benchley Ricochet by Sandra Brown Shogun by James Clavell

quillmenow in Book talk : Your top 10 Classic Books (Sep 17, 2008, 9:54am)

... 1923. It makes things more challenging. Return of the Native The Count of Monte Cristo Jane Eyre Persuasion Crime and Punishment Middlemarch Cymbeline Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson Daisy Miller *Wow. ...

flissp in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Dihiba's 2008 Books (Sep 10, 2008, 3:59pm)

... people seem to manage this - I always thought I read fast, but in comparison to most LTers I'm actively slow! c) I think Persuasion is one of my favourite books, but it's one of those that you basically have to curl up with a large cup of tea, probably when you're feeling a little bit down, ...

TrishNYC in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : blackdogbooks year 2008 (Sep 5, 2008, 10:29am)

... she is one of my favorite authors. Like Prop2gether, I also prefer Pride and Prejudice to Emma. My second fav is Persuasion. Emma as a heroine is sometimes annoying and manipulative. I guess that Austen wanted to create a very different kind of female lead, one unlike Elizabeth Bennett ...

Hogwarts_Express in Hogwarts Express : Group Movie Watch II (Sep 2, 2008, 8:27pm)

... Nothing 1.91 Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh version) 1.82 Stranger than Fiction 1.82 Bridge to Terebithia 1.82 Persuasion (Amanda Root version) 1.73 Little Women (Katharine Hepburn version) 1.73 Monty Python 1.64 Seabiscuit 1.60 You've Got Mail 1.55 ------ ...

littlegeek in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading in September? (Sep 2, 2008, 4:43pm)

Oh yeah, and I'm listening to Persuasion on the iPod.

biblioholic29 in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading - August (Ago 29, 2008, 8:24am)

... and haven't been able to get past the first chapter, but I read Sense & Sensibility in a couple days. I'll probably try Persuasion or Emma later, though I don't know that I'll ever be a huge Austen fan.

sanja in What Are You Reading Now? : Bookshelf Must-Haves (Ago 27, 2008, 9:15pm)

Any of Agatha Christie's Poirot mysteries. And Jane Austin's Persuasion. And Joy of Cooking. And I, Claudius, and Catch-22. And about 20 more that I just cannot think of right now.

RidgewayGirl in Chick Lit : What are you reading? (Ago 27, 2008, 7:55pm)

... ment. Before that was Such a Girl by Karen Siplin, which was excellent - a frivolous retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion.

littlegeek in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading - August (Ago 22, 2008, 5:18pm)

... in this thread in a while.) I'm reading The Hundred Days (only 2 more Patrick O'Brians left!) and I'm listening to Persuasion. I haven't read Austen in a while and I love her.

Willow316 in Book talk : Jane (Ago 20, 2008, 9:09pm)

... Diary is an obvious translation of Pride and Prejudice, I'm fond of the fact that Edge of Reason is a translation of Persuasion. (I only wish they had kept that when they had done the movie. It would have been so much better.)

SpiraledStar in List Five Books Parlour Game : One word says it all... (Ago 17, 2008, 1:16am)

Persuasion by Jane Austen Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead Scarlet by Stephen R. Lawhead Impressionism by Taschen Magician by Raymond E. Feist

Nickelini in Reading Globally : Nickelini's Read Around the World Challenge (Ago 16, 2008, 2:56pm)

... of Miss Jean Brodie 5. Dorset Sense and Sensibility 6. Leicestershire: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 7. Somerset: Persuasion 8. Norfolk: The Accidental There are more, but I'll have to look them up because I don't remember. Edited Aug '09: remembered a few more.

Nickelini in 1001 Books to read before you die : The 1001 "I've Read That" chain game, Thread Two (Ago 14, 2008, 4:07pm)

Okay, I'll get this going with one that I'm sure many of you have read: Persuasion, by Jane Austen.

catbastet in Hogwarts Express : What are you reading - August (Ago 12, 2008, 4:44pm)

I finished A Malady of Magicks and Persuasion, both of which I really liked!

AnnaClaire in Recommend Site Improvements : Clean up subjects (Ago 10, 2008, 5:36pm)

... fiction › Textbooks for foreign speakers". Several (yes, I said several) sub-subjects for Jane Austen's Persuasion are "Periodicals". And both Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice have sub-subject listings given as "Examinations › Study guides". 4a. Subjects that ...

dihiba in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Dihiba's 2008 Books (Ago 7, 2008, 6:51pm)

83. Persuasion by Jane Austen - another one of those Brits who can write quite well : ). This was an audio book, read by Anna Massey. I found it a little slow-going at times, but I listened to it over a period of at least 2 weeks, which doesn't help with continuity. The use of language, ...

SpiraledStar in 888 Challenge : SpiraledStar's 888 Challenge (Ago 7, 2008, 3:42pm)

... of a Salesman 4. Slaughterhouse-Five 5. The Canterbury Tales 6. Persuasion 7. Jane Eyre 8. Macbeth

flaukie in BookMooching : Pimp your inventory (Ago 3, 2008, 6:52am)

I will be adding Persuasion by Jane Austen, Trace by Patricia Cornwell, and The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason. If you are interested leave me a message via BookMooch. Here is my inventory: http://www.bookm ...

blondierocket in 888 Challenge : 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Ago 1, 2008, 12:01pm)

I finished up by 1,001 Books Category with the following: Sense and Sensibility Persuasion Through the Looking Glass War and Peace Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas The Age of Innocence The Time Machine The Mysteries of Udolpho But I have also read others for different ...

yareader2 in The Green Dragon : What are you reading in July? (Jul 29, 2008, 7:06pm)

Persuasion by Jane Austen. Just never read it. I love the "older" heroine, Anne. The passing glances in the book are more telling then the movies I have watched. I love her details in storytelling.

compskibook in Hogwarts Express : Movie Night Survey (Jul 27, 2008, 9:54pm)

... Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow version) A Series of Unfortunate Events Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Persuasion (Amanda Root version) Seabiscuit Xmen

dihiba in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Dihiba's 2008 Books (Jul 25, 2008, 1:18pm)

Sorry, Cariola, forgot to answer your query re Persuasion - the version I am listening to is read by Anna Massey, doing a great job (and I recently saw her in an old Inspector Morse show playing a very creepy part!).

Cariola in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Dihiba's 2008 Books (Jul 24, 2008, 7:38pm)

I love listening to audiobooks while driving and working out. Who is reading Persuasion? I listened to Juliet Stevenson's wonderful narration about a year ago.

dihiba in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : Dihiba's 2008 Books (Jul 24, 2008, 5:52pm)

I'm going to try for 135. I've started to listen to audio books lately (listening to Persuasion this week) so that will probably boost my numbers. I made some nice oat/lemon scones last week. There are tons of great recipes online - that one came out of a Betty Crocker book though!

brochettes in 1001 Books to read before you die : brochettes is trying to read 1001 books before she dies- and hopes that she lives a very long life.. (Jul 24, 2008, 5:48pm)

... Candide 6. Castle Rackrent 7. Sense and Sensibility 8. Pride and Prejudice 9. Mansfield Park 10. Emma 11. Persuasion 12. Northanger Abbey 13. Frankenstein 14. The Fall of the House of Usher 15. A Christmas Carol 16. The Pit and the Pendulum 17. Jane Eyre 18. ...

blondierocket in 888 Challenge : Blondierocket's 888 (Jul 24, 2008, 1:56pm)

I finished my first category. III. 1,001 Books You Must Read 1. Sense and Sensibility 2. Persuasion 3. Through the Looking Glass 4. War and Peace 5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 6. The Age of Innocence 7. The Time Machine 8. The Mysteries of Udolpho Extra Cred ...

Demiguise in Kindley Book Club : Whatcha reading part two (Jul 19, 2008, 8:25am)

This hot and humid weather has greatly increased my reading ADD! Since finishing Persuasion last week, I haven't been able to settle on anything for any length of time. I've been bouncing back and forth between Five Children and It, Wuthering Heights, Garden Spells, and Topper. Unfortunate ...

venture77 in Book talk : World's best Reading- Reader's Digest (Jul 18, 2008, 10:19pm)

... the World’s Best Reading series: http://used.addall.com I have most recently picked up Dracula, Mansfield Park, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey and Prisoner of Zenda/Rupert of Hentzau through this used book search engine. I have been using it for a couple of years now and have ...

Bella_Swan in Twilight Group : new people (Jul 17, 2008, 3:46am)

Hello to everyone! Im currently reading Persuasion by Jane Austin and Obernewton by Isabelle Carmody. And Im reading City of Bones by Cassandra Clare again. My bday is 7th of June.

Bella_Swan in Read YA Lit : July 2008----What are you reading? (Jul 17, 2008, 3:25am)

Im currently reading Persuasion by Jane Austin. I havent been a Jane austin reader and its only this book that I really like. Im also reading Obernewton by Isabelle Carmody. I havent gotten into yet but im only still at the beginning.

chanale in 888 Challenge : shootingstarr7's 888 Challenge (Jul 15, 2008, 6:53pm)

... going to use Mansfield Park as my second Austen, but my online book club just announced the 2009 reading list, and MP and Persuasion are on it. (I don't mean to hijack your thread - it's just that I'm such a Janeite.)

Demiguise in Kindley Book Club : Whatcha reading part two (Jul 8, 2008, 1:37pm)

I finished Persuasion last night. I don't know how or why I had missed reading this before, but I'm glad I finally did. It won't be replacing Pride and Prejudice as my favorite, but I did love the story; maybe because I am able to relate to Anne somewhat. Taking a little break from all the ...

Demiguise in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 5 July 2008 (Jul 8, 2008, 8:47am)

> 110 cal8769, I don't know what came over me; it must have been a temporary lapse into sanity. Finished Persuasion last night. I doubt it will supplant Pride and Prejudice as my favorite, but it is a close second. Since I finished that up early and wasn't quite ready to turn in, I ...

bluesalamanders in The Green Dragon : What are you reading in July? (Jul 7, 2008, 10:25pm)

I was trying to read Persuasion by Jane Austen, but it is boring me to tears so I switched to Sense and Sensibility. Which still has the same stylistic quirks that I find odd and sometimes annoying, but at least things happen, which is more than I can say for Persuasion (I got halfway ...

Demiguise in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 5 July 2008 (Jul 7, 2008, 10:34am)

... work, I ended up going to a friend's for a good-bye party. I'll get back into the groove tonight and try to finish up Persuasion tonight or tomorrow. I'll tackle the others another night and maybe try to get my "currently reading" list down to a managable size. *goes back to read that ...

Demiguise in What Are You Reading Now? : Literary ADD (Jul 6, 2008, 12:59pm)

... and switch between them with just a few taps of a button!), it has only gotten worse. Currently, I have in rotation: Persuasion - The only Austen book I've never read. Fixing that now. Topper - Quite different from the movie (which I loved, btw), but equally enjoyable. Metamorphos ...

Demiguise in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 5 July 2008 (Jul 6, 2008, 8:05am)

Late night getting everything done yesterday, so by the time I was ready to sit and read, I only had time for 3 chapters of Persuasion. It killed me, however, because I'm just getting to where things are coming together, but I was nodding over it and thought it better to put it up. I just got ...

Demiguise in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 5 July 2008 (Jul 5, 2008, 8:03am)

I'm about 2/3 of the way through Persuasion and hope to start Wuthering Heights in the next couple of days. I also found a copy of The Night Life of the Gods that looks hilarious, so I'll probably start that soon, too.

Nickelini in 1001 Books to read before you die : new edition: what are the differences? (Jul 4, 2008, 3:16pm)

... read Northanger Abbey, so I don't have an opinion on it, but I think Mansfield Park is a much stronger novel than Persuasion. Of course, Persuasion had Anne Elliot going for it--I'd spend time her any day.

shootingstarr7 in 1001 Books to read before you die : new edition: what are the differences? (Jul 4, 2008, 2:28pm)

... I just read it a few months ago and thought it was excellent. --- I have to admit, I also question the removal of Persuasion and Northanger Abbey while leaving Mansfield Park on the list. I can deal with having four of six Austen's on the list (still a high percentage rate of ...

Demiguise in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 28 June 2008 (Jul 3, 2008, 7:07pm)

I just finished The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura and am now about halfway through Persuasion by Jane Austen. I also received a few books by Ngaio Marsh, and, through the scientific approach of "eeny-meeny-miney-moe", have chosen Final Curtain to start with.

whymaggiemay in What Are You Reading Now? : Jane Eyre (Jun 26, 2008, 7:11pm)

I've read Persuasion and Emma, though both were harder for me to get into. I haven't yet read The Picture of Dorian Gray, but I have a copy on Mt. TBR just waiting for me.

streamsong in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : streamsong's 75 for 2998 (Jun 24, 2008, 10:17pm)

#30 Persuasion by Jane Austen I've only read one other Jane Austen book. I enjoyed Persuasion, which I read with an online book group (Literature by Women at Barnesandnoble.com). A pleasant romantic read where you knew what the ending would be if not how. I was interested to find that many ...

thekoolaidmom in What Are You Reading Now? : What books are next on your reading list? (Jun 24, 2008, 6:24pm)

... Sensibility Pride and Predjudice I've read these two before, and am now rereading them. Mansfield Park Emma Persuasion Northanger Abbey all Janes in chronological order, straight through.

SandySchwab in Romance - from historical to contemporary : Top Five Keepers? (Jun 21, 2008, 11:14am)

... The Prodigal Wife 2. Penelope Williamson, Keeper of the Dream 3. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice 4. Jane Austen, Persuasion 5. Gaelen Foley, Lord of Fire And since Jane Austen isn't exactly a contemporary writer, here are two more: 6. Anita Mills, The Duke's Double 7. Marga ...

Demiguise in Kindley Book Club : Um...Whatcha Readin? (Jun 21, 2008, 11:06am)

... group and thought I'd just jump into the conversation. I'm currently reading The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura and Persuasion by Jane Austen. I'm ashamed to admit that this is the only Austen novel I've never read. Since I don't imagine either of these are going to be long reads, ...

kjellika in I Love Jane Austen : Group Discussion - May 2008 - Northanger Abbey (Spoilers Possible) (Jun 20, 2008, 9:58am)

... . My volume contents: Sense and sensibility Pride and Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abbey and Persuasion This volume is titled 'JANE AUSTEN - THE COMPLETE NOVELS' (BCA, Sixth Reprint 1997). I imagine J. Austen wrote more novels. Or? Anybody else reading S&S ...

Marensr in New York Review Books : New York Review Books Message Board (Jun 11, 2008, 12:34pm)

... not far off. It reminds me a bit of the mild furor that was created when the American movie cover for film adaptation of Persuasion was released with models rather than the actors in a sort of romance cover pose. Horrid.

Thalia in 1001 Books to read before you die : Best 1001 Books Alphabetically (Jun 9, 2008, 5:12am)

My absolute favorite P is A Prayer for Owen Meany. Close seconds are Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice and Das Parfüm.

shootingstarr7 in 1001 Books to read before you die : Best 1001 Books Alphabetically (Jun 8, 2008, 6:56pm)

I have to add my two cents for Persuasion. Pride and Prejudice is my favorite Austen, but Persuasion is a close second, and I think it has a lot to offer.

Hogwarts_Express in Hogwarts Express : Group Movie Watch II (Jun 8, 2008, 5:01pm)

... 1 November 2008 -- Monty Python and the Holy Grail 8 November 2008 -- Much Ado About Nothing 15 November 2008 -- Persuasion (Amanda Root version) 22 November 2008 -- The Princess Bride (re-watch) 29 November 2008 -- White Christmas 6 December 2008 -- A Charlie Brown Christ ...

Hogwarts_Express in Hogwarts Express : Group Movie Watch II (Jun 8, 2008, 5:00pm)

A new thread had been created for this topic! For the current group movie watch schedule, see the Group Movie Watch IV thread.

Medellia in Book talk : most hated books (Jun 7, 2008, 7:50pm)

... quite the opposite). But at any rate, here are some relatively short classics that I love: Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion by Jane Austen A Tale of 2 Cities by Charles Dickens Catcher in the Rye, Franny and Zooey, and Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger A Room With a View by E. ...

Medellia in Book talk : I just found project gutenberg. (Jun 5, 2008, 12:45pm)

Some of my favorite classics, all on Project Gutenberg: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion by Jane Austen A Room With a View by E.M. Forster A Tale of 2 Cities by Charles Dickens

streamsong in 1001 Books to read before you die : June 2008: Which Book from the 1001 List are You Reading? (Jun 2, 2008, 12:43pm)

I've only read one Jane Austen book, so I decided to read Persuasion with the Barnes & Noble Women Literature by Women group.

streamsong in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 31 May 2008 (Jun 1, 2008, 1:12pm)

... discussion. I'm anxious for the discussions on both of these to start this week. Songs for the Missing by Stewart O'Nan Persuasion by Jane Austen And also I'm reading A Woman Doctor's Civil War: Esther Hill Hawks' Diary. This one is not as interesting as I'd hoped. The title is very ...

DianeS in I Love Jane Austen : Group Discussion - May 2008 - Northanger Abbey (Spoilers Possible) (Mayo 26, 2008, 12:53am)

... in Mansfield Park or the silly, foolish, and almost completely blank Bingley in Pride and Prejudice. (Or the father in Persuasion.) It has been noted before that Austen's men are often two (or even one) dimensional, and Henry is actually better than some. Also, Austen's denouements are ...

streamsong in Barnes & Noble First Look readers : "Songs for the Missing" by Stewart O'Nan (Mayo 23, 2008, 9:25am)

... hard time doing that! I'm also going to try the Women's Literature book read at B & N in June--the book is Jane Austen's Persuasion which I haven't read. And in my insanity, I'm also juggling a couple of group reads here on LT. It will either be a very productive month or a too-chaotic ...

readabook1381 in I Love Jane Austen : Least Favorite Austen Work (Mayo 15, 2008, 12:35pm)

... didn't appreciate Austen's wit and humor then, so I admit, I am biased. My favorite is either Pride and Prejudice or Persuasion. I love me some Darcy and Wentworth!

readabook1381 in 1001 Books to read before you die : Game #2: Make a phrase or sentence out of 1001 titles (Mayo 15, 2008, 12:17pm)

The Thousand and One Nights' Persuasion On the Black Hill Dispatches The Monk.

cal8769 in The Green Dragon : Visual Puns: Book Titles (Mayo 15, 2008, 10:05am)

... ility 71.Bel Canto 74.Beloved 78.A Clockwork Orange 79.American Gods 80.The Russian Debutante's Handbook 83.Persuasion 88.Pinnochio 96.Jungle Book 104.The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Anderson 109.War and Peace 112.Wicked

thekoolaidmom in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - May. 2008 (Mayo 8, 2008, 5:50pm)

You could say the mail was of the BookMooch Persuasion today... :-))

jesslyncummings in 50 Book Challenge : Jesslyn's First Book: How To Read A Poem (and fall in love with poetry) (Mayo 7, 2008, 9:15pm)

My list of read books: 1.How to read a poem and fall in love with poetry 2.The Princess Bride 3.Persuasion 4.Letters on Chivalry and Romance 5.Unfortunate English Currently reading: Neverwhere

Marensr in I Love Jane Austen : Reading Order (Mayo 6, 2008, 9:20am)

I believe I read Pride and Prejudice first followed by Sense and Sensibility then Emma I think after that it was Persuasion then Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey followed by Sanditon and the Watsons and finally Jane Austen's Letters I think unlike those who dislike Emma and No ...

Donna828 in I Love Jane Austen : Reading Order (Mayo 4, 2008, 1:12pm)

... I started with Lady Susan, one of her lesser known works, and thoroughly enjoyed this novella in letters. Next up were Persuasion and Northanger Abbey which I followed by watching the PBS adaptations. It's enjoyable to see the characters come to life on the TV screen. I've just begun ...

ktleyed in I Love Jane Austen : Reading Order (Mayo 2, 2008, 9:47pm)

My order: Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility Emma Persuasion Sanditon Mansfield Park Northanger Abbey I too recommend reading Pride and Prejudice first, or Northanger Abbey.

fannyprice in I Love Jane Austen : Reading Order (Mayo 2, 2008, 5:15pm)

... these, but I think I did Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Emma, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion. Mostly in chronological order, I guess, though that was not at all purposeful.

compskibook in I Love Jane Austen : Reading Order (Mayo 2, 2008, 4:17pm)

... Pride and Prejudice. I think Emma was next and then maybe Sense and Sensibility. I am not sure what order I read Persuasion and Mansfield Park. I would definitely recommend Pride and Prejudice first and then maybe Sense and Sensibility.

digifish_books in 50 Book Challenge : digifish books in 2008 (Abr 30, 2008, 7:18am)

... that I enjoyed Northanger Abbey because I don't have kids! ;D I've found a great audiobook version of Persuasion so I hope to re-read it again (or rather, listen to it) someday.

beserene in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : BeSerene's Books of 2008 (Abr 30, 2008, 1:00am)

... The others are a bit different -- Northhanger Abbey plays with gothic convention, which doesn't appeal to some, and Persuasion is significantly less... frothy, I guess, than Emma at least, and MP, well, as I hinted above, not everyone takes to Fanny, the central character. I would read ...

jesslyncummings in 50 Book Challenge : Jesslyn's First Book: How To Read A Poem (and fall in love with poetry) (Abr 28, 2008, 10:51pm)

My list of read books: 1.How to read a poem and fall in love with poetry 2.The Princess Bride 3.Persuasion 4.Letters on Chivalry and Romance Currently reading: Unfortunate English and Neverwhere Letters on Chivalry and Romance was a bust. I don't own it so I'll write the info ...

jesslyncummings in 50 Book Challenge : Jesslyn's First Book: How To Read A Poem (and fall in love with poetry) (Abr 27, 2008, 2:04pm)

My list of read books: 1.How to read a poem and fall in love with poetry 2.The Princess Bride 3.Persuasion Currently reading: Letters on Chivalry and Romance I've enjoyed Austen books before, though I do find them a little overrated. So, I was shocked when I was bored with the ...

jesslyncummings in What Are You Reading Now? : New Vocabulary (Abr 27, 2008, 1:42pm)

These three words aren't as exotic as many of those in this list so far, but here are my recent installments from Persuasion: discomfited - thwarted (from one's plans, etc.) (I've seen this word quite a bit but never looked for the definition.) profligacy - wild extravagance retrench - ...

AnnaClaire in What Are You Reading Now? : What is the Best Book you've read so far this year? April 2008 (Abr 25, 2008, 1:36pm)

The current 2008 short list includes Jane Austen's Persuasion, Daoud Hari's The Translator, Alison Weir's The Children of Henry VIII, and Nancy Goldstone's Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe.

jesslyncummings in 50 Book Challenge : Jesslyn's First Book: How To Read A Poem (and fall in love with poetry) (Abr 25, 2008, 12:22pm)

I'm about halfway through Persuasion now, which means I should finish up this weekend. Two all-nighters (and all-dayers, actually) for my thesis this week really cut down on my reading time, but I'm back on track. Speaking of tracking, I hadn't set myself a goal in the beginning. I was just ...

Nikkles in 888 Challenge : Nikkles1 888 Challenge (Abr 24, 2008, 3:43pm)

... of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 8. Ranger's Apprentice The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan Classics 1. Persuasion by Jane Austin 2. (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll) 3. (In a Glass Darkly by Joseph Sheriden Le Fanu) 4. King Solomon's Mine by H. Rider Hag ...

akagracie in List Five Books Parlour Game : Once is Never Enough (Abr 23, 2008, 9:39pm)

Persuasion by Jane Austen The Smiley books by John LeCarre Summer's Lease by John Mortimer Beowulf trans. by Seamus Heaney The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith and now that I've read The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis, I plan to re-read it ...

jesslyncummings in 50 Book Challenge : Jesslyn's First Book: How To Read A Poem (and fall in love with poetry) (Abr 20, 2008, 7:50pm)

This morning (at 12:18 am) I finished The Princess Bride and started Persuasion. It is one of the few Jane Austen books I've never read and its been sitting on my shelf for an eternity (or so it seems). Here's my list of read books since I started this challenge: 1.How to read a poem and ...

beatles1964 in Wollstonecraftians : Maria Or The Wrongs Of Woman (Abr 18, 2008, 2:09pm)

I am just beginning to start reading this book and was wondering what people thought of it. I have The Norton Library Edition of the book. I'll let everyone know what I think of the book as I get further into it. beatles1964

digifish_books in 50 Book Challenge : digifish books in 2008 (Abr 7, 2008, 8:13am)

... to this an unabridged audiobook, but I found it to be more engaging and humorous than some of Austen's other works (e.g Persuasion).

digifish_books in Audiobooks : What are you listening to now? Part 3 (Abr 6, 2008, 5:40am)

... Abbey is so far the most interesting of Austen's work I've read so far. There is actually a plot (and humour)! In Persuasion, and to a lesser degree Sense and Sensibility, I found myself quite bored after the first few chapters because nothing happens. And yet I'm a big fan of ...

jfslone in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - April. 2008 (Abr 5, 2008, 3:42pm)

... and Prejudice by Jane Austen Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Lady Susan by Jane Austen Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Bleak House by Charles Dickens

compskibook in Hogwarts Express : What Movies are absolute must-sees? (Abr 3, 2008, 1:22pm)

... Matrix (but NOT the sequels) Galaxy Quest The Firth Pride and Prejudice The Thompson Sense and Sensibility The Root Persuasion The Paltrow Emma The Little Mermaid Aladdin All of the X-Men All of Harry Potter Seabiscuit The Commitments Master and Commander And all 3 seasons of A ...

Donna828 in 50 Book Challenge : Donna828 is feeling challenged in 2008 (Abr 1, 2008, 11:19am)

... Gardens of Water - Alan Drew (ARC) 10. The Air We Breathe - Andrea Barrett 11. The Maytrees - Annie Dillard* 12. Persuasion - Jane Austen 13. The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell 14. Gifted - Nikita Lalwani 15. A Dangerous Age - Ellen Gilchrist (ARC) 16. War and Peace - Leo Tol ...

MuseofIre in I Love Jane Austen : Film Adaptations - Sense and Sensibility (Mar 31, 2008, 2:59pm)

... and his equal desire for money. I also thank God that they didn't try to cram this into 90 minutes the way they did with Persuasion and Mansfield Park. I like all the actresses playing the Dashwood family. Compskibook, I agree that Elinor sounds just like Emma Thompson; and Marianne ...

LittleTaiko in 50 Book Challenge : LittleTaiko's 2008 book quest (Mar 28, 2008, 11:29am)

14. Persuasion by Jane Austen Fiction - 9 NF - 3 Classic - 2

jwhenderson in Books Compared : Austen and Dickens (Mar 26, 2008, 3:13pm)

... by the revolutionaries, among whom are the memorably evil fanatic Mme. Defarge. While in Jane Austen's last novel, Persuasion, which was not published until after her death, Austen created a strong, mature, and independent heroine, Anne Elliot. Having foolishly broken off an engagement ...

merry10 in 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading for March 2008 (Mar 25, 2008, 7:31pm)

It's been a long time since I read Persuasion or Catch-22, but they're both great. Finishing The Golden Ass by Apuleius, a scatalogical series of stories with a lovely mythological fable of Cupid and Psyche. Lucius Apuleius has been turned into a donkey through his own stupidity and is ...

jfetting in 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading for March 2008 (Mar 25, 2008, 6:57pm)

... is fantastic - Heller manages to be really, really funny and really thought-provoking. I absolutely love this book. Persuasion is pretty good, too, and an easy read. It's not my favorite Austen book, but the ending makes up for the slow bits in the middle.

blondierocket in 50 Book Challenge : Blondierocket's 2008 50 Book Challenge (Mar 25, 2008, 5:23pm)

... a few friends enjoyed it a lot, plus the movie just came out so I wanted to know a little bit more about the story. #2: Persuasion - Jane Austen (272 pages) Why I Chose I: I love Jane Austen and after Pride and Prejudice I just happened to pick this one next. It's also the book I'm ...

shelby1977 in 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading for March 2008 (Mar 25, 2008, 5:53am)

... me to read a not so easy book.. I asked a couple of friends at work and they love Pi so I'm going to read that next. Persuasion is mentioned in a couple of films I have seen lately, so these will def be the next 3 I read. Wish me luck with 22 I think I may need it. Thank you both for ...

perlle in 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading for March 2008 (Mar 24, 2008, 1:51pm)

... advice. I loved Life of Pi and gave up (temporarily) on Catch-22. I just couldn't get into it at all. Haven't read Persuasion yet. In spite of my anecdotal argument, based on the fact that you liked Like Water for Chocolate, I'd definitely recommend Life of Pi over Catch-22.

mcglocklin in 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading for March 2008 (Mar 24, 2008, 8:00am)

... one of the lowest ranked books in my opinion that I have read from this list, and I'm closing in on 100. I have not read Persuasion, and Catch-22 is on my short list from my TBR pile. I think you know what you're getting with Austin going in if it's not your first by her, but I would ...

megkrahl in BookMooching : Where's Jane? (Mar 24, 2008, 2:16am)

I found a copy of Persuasion!!! Yay! and I mooched a nearly new condition copy of The Poisonwood Bible from the same person. That just made my night. And! it happened on the same night I decided to watch 'Becoming Jane'. Gotta love fate. Gotta love Jane Austen. Gotta love BM and LT.

shelby1977 in 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading for March 2008 (Mar 23, 2008, 11:45pm)

... I've taken my time as it's been a real joy to read, it's def one of my fav's now. But what should I read, I'm thinking Persuasion or Life of Pi or maybe even Catch 22) I know couldn't be more different, what do you think?

AnnaClaire in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five Books first quarter of 2008 (Mar 22, 2008, 5:33pm)

... for the quarter: * Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England, by Alison Weir * Persuasion, by Jane Austen * The Children of Henry VIII, also Alison Weir * The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur, by Daoud Hari ...

ejj1955 in Book talk : Name authors that after youve red them first, you had the urge to read EVERYTHING they wrote. (Mar 21, 2008, 2:51pm)

... depressing novel about death, dying, and suffering. So far I've suggested Brave New World, which they mostly didn't like; Persuasion, which ditto (!); Founding Brothers, which I'm not sure people got all the way through, but at least we had a good discussion; and A Room with a View, which ...

jagmuse in LT's list of great books you should read : Top 25 (Mar 21, 2008, 12:14pm)

... by A. S. Byatt 2-Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 3-Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 4-Persuasion by Jane Austen 5-The Road by Cormac McCarty 6-My Antonia by Willa Cather 7-In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 8-Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley ...

megkrahl in BookMooching : Where's Jane? (Mar 20, 2008, 10:56pm)

I'm still trying to track down Mansfield Park and Persuasion. I lucked out at HPB the other night. They had just gotten 3 Austens that hadn't been shelved yet. I could have had Emma that night, but the copy they had was filled with underlining and notes in purple ink, so I didn't get it. Found ...

AnnaClaire in Book talk : border's classic books. (Mar 20, 2008, 10:45pm)

In Modern Library Classics, I have: * Persuasion (q.v.) * Northanger Abbey (q.v.) * The Pickwick Papers (AnnaClaire in BookMooching : Where's Jane? (Mar 20, 2008, 9:58pm)

>2 (re Persuasion) There's an audio version on LibriVox, if you're interested in that. I've downloaded & cataloged it, but haven't started listening to it ...

Kerian in BookMooching : Where's Jane? (Mar 19, 2008, 11:50pm)

I had trouble when I tried to get a copy of Persuasion. If you check my cataloged books on LT, you'll see I don't have it. I had mooched it from someone in the US who never responded to my mooch and so I gave up.

AnnaClaire in Site talk : Funny Subjects (Mar 16, 2008, 4:47pm)

... they're attached to. The detail page for my copy of Persuasion, for example, includes the following subjects:

* jagmuse in LT's list of great books you should read : Action thread (Mar 16, 2008, 1:11pm)

... by A. S. Byatt Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Persuasion by Jane Austen The Road by Cormac McCarty My Antonia by Willa Cather In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley How L ...

ejj1955 in Book talk : Books that everyone loves and you hate (Mar 14, 2008, 5:29am)

Count me as a female English lit major who loves Jane Austen totally. Can't decide whether I love Pride and Prejudice or Persuasion more. In the bleeding obvious department, I hate and despite anything by Danielle Steel. Worst best-selling author ever. Barbara Cartland wrote better books! ...

AnnaClaire in I Love Jane Austen : Does Anyone Know? (Mar 13, 2008, 3:04pm)

Actually, it might have been Persuasion, but I'm not sure. I'll try to remember to double-check when I get home.

hjelliot in What did YOU buy today? : What did YOU buy today? March 2008 edition (Mar 12, 2008, 3:05pm)

... up: a lovely incomplete set of Jane Austen novels... Sense and Sensibility Mansfield Park North-Anger Abbey Persuasion The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir Tao of Meow Also I purchased a book off of abebooks (The Rabbi and the Twenty Nine Witches by Mar ...

sophies_choice in The Green Dragon : Have you been bad recently (bought any books), Part 4 (Mar 10, 2008, 3:17pm)

I have bought Persuasion and Northanger Abbey today! And I forgot to mention here that last week I bought Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights....

ChocolateMuse in 50 Book Challenge : ChocolateMuse's Challenge (Mar 9, 2008, 10:30pm)

18 & 19 (rereads 7 & 8) Emma and Persuasion by Jane Austen There is only one Jane Austen, sadly. Show me another writer with the same wit, warmth and insight as Jane Austen, and I will love you for it. As a teenager, I read these books mainly for the romance. As I get older, I find that I'm ...

sophies_choice in 50 Book Challenge : Sophie's-Choice of books for 2008 (Mar 7, 2008, 2:49pm)

... Rode schoenen ( The Lollipop shoes ) 12. Joanne Harris - Stranddieven ( Coastliners ) 13. Jane Austen - Overtuiging ( Persuasion ) 14. Jane Austen - De liefdes van Catherine Morland ( Northanger Abbey ) 15. Anne Bronte - De huurster van Wildfell Hall ( The tenant of Wildfell hall ) 1 ...

cee2 in 50 Book Challenge : Cee2 says "why not?" (Mar 5, 2008, 10:55pm)

Finished up Persuasion by Jane Austen last night. Can't remember how many times I've read it. It's my second favorite Austen novel, following Pride and Prejudice. This re-read was instigated by watching the movie on PBS recently in their "complete works of" series. I'll probably read P & P ...

TrishNYC in 75 Books Challenge for 2008 : TrishNYC's Attempt at the 75 book Challenge (Mar 3, 2008, 7:06pm)

9. Persuasion by Jane Austen. Its basically about love lost and second chances. This is a reread for me as I have read this many many times but I love Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth so any opportunity to spend time with them is very welcome.

AnnaClaire in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 March 2008 (Mar 3, 2008, 12:34pm)

Perhaps you'd like Persuasion better. There's less fuss around it -- and its just as good as P&P, in my opinion.

collsers in Girlybooks : What books by and/or about women are you reading Jan-April 08? (Mar 1, 2008, 7:37pm)

Right now I'm reading Persuasion by Jane Austen for the March theme read. I'm also reading Sex and the Slayer by Lorna Jowett, a gender studies examination of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It's not bad so far, but a lot of the analysis is only surface-level deep, and something most ...

collsers in Girlybooks : THEME READ FOR MARCH: Social Class (Feb 28, 2008, 7:55am)

I'm going to go with Persuasion by Jane Austen...it's been in my TBR pile for quite awhile Is anyone else reading an Austen novel for March?

AnnaClaire in Non-Fiction Readers : What Non-Fiction R U Reading for FEBRUARY '08 (Feb 27, 2008, 10:12am)

I'll try. (I meant to put up a review of Persuasion right after I read that one, too.)

Vonini in What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - FEBRUARY 2008 (Feb 23, 2008, 1:05pm)

... calculation...) from a second hand shop. But then they had this 3 for 10 euros deal... The Godfather by Mario Puzo Persuasion by Jane Austen The world according to garp by John Irving The great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Particularly Cats by Doris Lessing which I don't ...

digifish_books in Trollope lovers unite or fight : Chronicles of Barsetshire (Feb 21, 2008, 1:00am)

... one of those rare cases where the movie is better than the book. I bought a boxed set of Austens last year. I read Persuasion right after The Way We Live Now and also struggled not to skim-read it. I think too much AT has made me fussy...

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : 800 Members! (Feb 20, 2008, 4:00pm)

Three of my need-to-reads are Mansfield Park, Persuasion, and Emma, simply because I have a couple books about Austen that wouldn't make as much sense if I didn't read those first. (I've read her other works.)

AsYouKnow_Bob in Book talk : There's a Time and a Place for Everything (Feb 19, 2008, 7:30pm)

... properly read in a 'capsule' hotel in Chiba City. (Failing that, maybe at the scrap-electronics dealers on Canal Street) Persuasion is properly read at the Assembly Rooms at Bath; and then down at Lyme Regis. Where you should also read The French Lieutenant's Woman. What else is the ...

Ruthbie in 888 Challenge : Ruthbie's challenge (Feb 18, 2008, 7:03am)

... e> Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Persuasion - Jane Austen Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

shinyone in 888 Challenge : Shinyone's 888 Challenge (Feb 17, 2008, 9:06pm)

... of 8! So far I have read: The Portrait of a Lady – Classic Cryptonomicon – 1001 Books to Read Before You Die Persuasion – Classic Reread The Know-It-All – Non-fiction Eater – TBR SF/Fantasy Last of the Amazons – Historical Fiction Pride and Prescience – Mystery ...

Clueless in What Are You Reading Now? : Help with TBR, which book should I read next (Feb 17, 2008, 3:06am)

... people's favorite book. After You’d Gone and The Book of Air and Shadows A friend insisted that I borrow these. Jane Austin Book club This has been sitting there a very long time. lol Christmas Holiday by W. Somerset Maugham. http://www.librarything.com/author/maughamwsomerse ...

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : What is everyone reading at the moment? II (Feb 15, 2008, 10:48am)

Before I forget, the books by Austen that I haven't read are Emma, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion. If we're going to discuss any of the three besides MA, let me know and I'll get copies of the others. :)

suge in Hogwarts Express : What is everyone reading at the moment? II (Feb 14, 2008, 9:35pm)

hey, I'm also reading an Austen! I bought The Jane Austen Book Club dvd the other day and that inspired me to reread Persuassion. I'm also reading A Northern Light.

sanja in 50 Book Challenge : Sanja's 50 book challenge (Feb 14, 2008, 8:49am)

... read since the 1st. So far this year, I've read: 1. The Bourne Identity 2. The Devil in the Junior League 3. Persuasion 4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 5. Pride and Prejudice and 6. Emma 7. The Pearl Edited for better organization.

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : I Spy... (Feb 12, 2008, 2:01pm)

That sounds like something by Jane Austen. I have an idea that it just might be Persuasion! ;)

Storeetllr in Girlybooks : The Complete Jane Austen on PBS (Feb 10, 2008, 8:48pm)

Hi, all ~ Though I have not yet read the book, I watched Persuasion, the first of the adaptations, and did not enjoy it at all. I'm told that the book is really wonderful, but I'm afraid it may be a bit spoiled for me now. Therefore, having read only Pride and Prejudice so far, and not ...

PandoraBlack in Fan de Jane Austen : époque 19e siècle anglais (Feb 6, 2008, 8:05am)

... en date (ITV et BBC) de Northanger Abbey - ma préférée - Mansfield park - trop simplifiée mais pas si mal que ça - Persuasion - j'ai détesté cette adaptation par contre :-( - et Raison et Sentiments de ce début d'année (sans oublier bien sur Orgueil et Préjugés de 95 et la ...

AnnaClaire in 50 Book Challenge : Favorite book for January (Feb 4, 2008, 10:21pm)

... from my January reading will be awarded by coin toss, to Alison Weir's Queen Isabella or Jane Austen's Persuasion.

AnnaClaire in What Are You Reading Now? : Top 3 Reads of January 2008 (Feb 4, 2008, 8:20pm)

Of three books and most of a fourth, Persuasion, by Jane Austen, and Queen Isabella, by Alison Weir, are more or less tied for top honors. Good Wives, by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich comes in reasonably close.

sanja in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 3 February 2008 (Feb 3, 2008, 10:20am)

Finished Persuasion and about to finish my re-read of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I think I'll read The Devil in the Junior League and re-read Sense and Sensibility next.

pekala_ in 50 Book Challenge : pekala_'s reading list (Feb 1, 2008, 6:37pm)

... huge difficulty in concentrating. I'm not sure I'll be able to read much, but I'll do my best! So far I've read Persuasion, by Jane Austen, The Butterfly Tatoo, by Philip Pullman, Stoneheart, by Charlie Fletcher and I'm currently reading Kiss, Kiss, by Roald Dahl ...

teelgee in Art is Life : What are you currently reading? (Feb 1, 2008, 1:29am)

... two in between). Also on the list for the year: Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Brave New World, The Good Earth, Persuasion. All first time reads. And a couple of Shakespeare plays thrown into the mix. Others that I read for the first time in the last 12 months: Grapes of Wrath, ...

sanja in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 26 January 2008 (Ene 27, 2008, 2:55pm)

... introduction and the first 3 chapters of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for my book club. I think I'll start Persuasion as well. I need something where good people end up happy and in love.

shinyone in 50 Book Challenge : 80 in 2008! (Ene 22, 2008, 10:33pm)

2. Cryptonomicon Wow, that's a long book! Totally worth it, though! 3. Persuasion Had to re-read it after watching the mangled adaptation on PBS the weekend before last. So I'm off to a slow start, but making progress!

aprillee in I Love Jane Austen : Film Adaptations - Northanger Abbey (Ene 21, 2008, 1:29am)

It's just, just over here (in California), and I agree that it's much more enjoyable than Persuasion. Nice casting--I really did like Catherine and Tilney, too. CAN one read too many novels? I suppose the answer is yes, if you're young and impressionable and let your imagination run away ...

ktleyed in I Love Jane Austen : Film Adaptations - Northanger Abbey (Ene 20, 2008, 11:31pm)

... were suitably evil or annoying. And the kiss at the end! *swoon* How satisfying after that disappointing finale from ITV's Persuasion last week!

shinyone in 888 Challenge : Shinyone's 888 Challenge (Ene 20, 2008, 5:49pm)

... yesterday, so that is one down from my 1001 Books to Read Before I Die list, and I have just a few pages to go in Persuasion which will be my first classic re-read of the year. I can already see that with the new Austen movies on PBS I will be re-reading a lot of good old Jane this ...

shinyone in 1001 Books to read before you die : What are you reading on the list for January 2008 (Ene 20, 2008, 5:35pm)

I just finished Cryptonomicon. What a fun book! I'm almost done re-reading Persuasion too, but I've read it several times before so it doesn't really count. With all the new Jane Austen adaptations being shown on PBS in the next couple of months, I'll probably be reading all of them for ...

NocturnalBlue in 50 Book Challenge : NocturnalBlue (Ene 18, 2008, 10:19pm)

... The Night Manager, The Arabian Nights- this one I'll probably be picking at all year. On deck: The Discoveries, Persuasion Other than that, I'm totally open to suggestions for a reading list that will expand far faster than I can actually read them all.

wisewoman in I Love Jane Austen : Film Adaptations - Persuasion (Ene 18, 2008, 9:40am)

I know several people who list Persuasion as their favorite work by Austen, and I can understand why. It's probably third for me behind P&P and S&S. All this talk of the Root/Hinds version is making me want to watch it again. Really I should just buy it; it's excellent. I totally agree about ...

MaggieO in I Love Jane Austen : Film Adaptations - Persuasion (Ene 17, 2008, 6:26pm)

... I used to record the new, inferior Persuasion. Maybe Northanger Abbey will be better. Storeetllr - I think you'll enjoy Persuasion. Many people (me included for what it's worth), think it is better than P&P.

Marensr in Hogwarts Express : Jane Austen on PBS (Ene 16, 2008, 11:51pm)

Oh compskibook I loved the 1990 adaptation of Persuasion. I too am excited to see Northanger Abbey which I think is very funny and Mansfield Park They are also doing a biopic on Jane Austen at the end I own the Ehle/Firth P&P but I'll happily watch it again. . .

AnnaClaire in I Love Jane Austen : Film Adaptations - Persuasion (Ene 16, 2008, 10:45pm)

Really, it's not that bad. I read Persuasion in about two days, without remembering that I had a "deadline".

homeschoolmom in 50 Book Challenge : homeschoolmom's list for 2008 (Ene 16, 2008, 10:11pm)

... shoot me, I never read this! A Tale of two cities Sense and Sensibility Persuasion I also have 1776 that I've been wanting to read and I want to try the Master and Commander series. Because of recommendations from others on Library Thi ...

Storeetllr in I Love Jane Austen : Film Adaptations - Persuasion (Ene 16, 2008, 1:29am)

Well, what I have to say about the recent production of Persuasion is really anticlimactic, and not nearly as interesting as what wisewoman wrote above, but...keeping in mind I have not seen any other film version and have not even read the book (I just read P&P for the first time last year, and I ...

mrkgnao in I Love Jane Austen : Favored works? (Ene 15, 2008, 8:55am)

Mmmm...I think I'm all about Persuasion, because I really like the melancholic, autumnal feel that slowly gives way to this almost girlish, breathless passion (well, passion for Austen anyway). There's far more palpitating and panting in Persuasion than the others. Obviously the others all ...

fannyprice in I Love Jane Austen : Feelings on Sequels to Jane Austen (Ene 14, 2008, 8:37pm)

... Most people I've talked with hate her, but I recently met two Austen fans at work who listed Mansfield Park and Persuasion as their top two and both copped to loving Fanny Price!

chamekke in I Love Jane Austen : Favored works? (Ene 14, 2008, 7:08pm)

For me it's a toss-up between Persuasion and Emma... although they're as different as two Austen novels (and two Austen heroines) can be. I'll never forget Joanna Russ, in her book How to Suppress Women's Writing, describing Emma as something very close to a mystery novel. Each time I ...

CarolinaCatherine in Romance - from historical to contemporary : Jane Austen series on Masterpiece Theater! (Ene 14, 2008, 10:34am)

Hi, April. I thought this version of Persuasion was pretty good, loved the casting of Capt. Wentworth, Yum! I think I actually liked it better than the Hinds/Root version because the actor playing Wentworth was more appealing. One thing I didn't like was the director having the actress ...

AnnaClaire in The Green Dragon : What movie did you see TODAY? (Ene 13, 2008, 10:41pm)

The recent Masterpiece Theater adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion. Again, pretty good, but the book is better.

AnnaClaire in 50 Book Challenge : AnnaClaire throws her hat into the ring (Ene 12, 2008, 11:41pm)

List, as of January 12, 2008: 1. Alison Weir's Queen Isabella 2. Jane Austen's Persuasion

AnnaClaire in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 12 January 2008 (Ene 12, 2008, 6:12pm)

I started reading Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's Good Wives on Thursday (after reading Jane Austen's Persuasion at speed -- despite the day job, I finished it in a day and a half).

AnnaClaire in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 5 January 2008 (Ene 10, 2008, 8:04pm)

I finished Jane Austen's Persuasion today (in an astonishingly short period of time). I'm working out the draft of a review, which I will post when my sinuses are behaving themselves -- though, come to think of it, they probably won't until the temperature does. I did, however, ...

AnnaClaire in Book talk : Your First Book of 2008 (Ene 8, 2008, 11:57am)

I just finished Queen Isabella, my first *book* of 2008. I'll be starting my first *fiction* of 2008, Persuasion, at lunch.

AnnaClaire in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 5 January 2008 (Ene 8, 2008, 11:54am)

I finished Queen Isabella this morning. At lunch I will be starting Jane Austen's Persuasion, my first fiction of 2008.

katybear in Romance - from historical to contemporary : Jane Austen series on Masterpiece Theater! (Ene 7, 2008, 11:00am)

... They are airing over a period of several weeks. According to my local PBS station's schedule, the first one to air will be Persuasion and the second one will be Northanger Abbey. I don't think I've ever seen a film version of Northanger Abbey before. I have no idea if these will be ...

Kerian in 50 Book Challenge : Kerian's 2008 challenge (Ene 2, 2008, 2:11am)

... new by Jasper Fforde -->Not till 2009 Classics Jane Austen: Emma, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights William Shakespeare: Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III and King Lear Great Poems by American Women< ...

Retrogirl85 in 888 Challenge : Retrogirl's 888 (Dic 31, 2007, 3:18pm)

... by Bram Stroker 8. Villette by Charlotte Bronte Classics 1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 2. Persuasion by Jane Austen 3. Wurthering Heights by Emily Bronte* 4. Villette by Charlotte Bronte 5. Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte 6. The ...

shinyone in 888 Challenge : Shinyone's 888 Challenge (Dic 30, 2007, 1:31pm)

... Joyce 7. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy X. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 8 Classics - Rereads 1. Persuasion by Jane Austen 2. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 3. A Room with A View by E.M. Forster 4. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 5. Gone With the Wind ...

ejd0626 in 888 Challenge : Elise's 888 (Dic 30, 2007, 2:51am)

... and Crake The Penelopiad Surfacing The Door 8 Written Before 1950 The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Persuasion by Jane Austen The Awakening by Kate Chopin East of Eden by John Steinbeck The Good Earth by Pearl Buck The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 8 ...

aluvalibri in Book talk : Nineteenth century novel less than 250 pages (Dic 27, 2007, 7:40pm)

Persuasion is definitely one of my favourite Austen's, AnnaClaire. Enjoy it!

AnnaClaire in Book talk : Nineteenth century novel less than 250 pages (Dic 27, 2007, 4:13pm)

I have a copy of Jane Austen's Persuasion waiting to be read (and I have the audio version from Librivox to listen to as well). I would be very surprised if it's over your 250-page maximum: it's a narrow little volume. In ...

Medellia in 50 Book Challenge : Medellia12's 2008 50ish (Dic 22, 2007, 10:12pm)

... Physics, Richard Powers' Plowing the Dark, David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, Richard Russo's Straight Man, Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore and Pinball, 1973, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash and The Diamond Age, Connie Willis' ...

AnnaClaire in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 15 December 2007 (Dic 15, 2007, 12:03pm)

... that I've gotten more "into" it. Assuming I manage to finish it, I've got three likely candidates for my next book -- Persuasion, Giordano Bruno and the Embassy Affair, and The Mill on the Floss. But judging by how long Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism ...

Luv2danse9 in 20-Something LibraryThingers : What's your favorite book in your library? (Dic 14, 2007, 9:29pm)

Hmm, just off the top of my head: Persuasion by Jane Austen - I really identified with Anne's personality, and Captain Wentworth was dreamy. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand - Well, to be honest I've read about 90% of it, but I'm pretty sure it will be one of my favorites when I'm ...

MarianV in Reading Globally : Most interesting place (and time) you visited via a book in 2007? (Dic 14, 2007, 12:05pm)

... & State of Denial China during WW2 in The Bonesetter's daughter by Amy Tan egency England inMansefield park & Persuasion 12th century England in several Brother Cadfael mysteries by Ellis Peters

wisewoman in Someone explain it to me... : Pride and Prejudice (Dic 12, 2007, 3:24pm)

... to say* ;) I must respectfully disagree with you there, frogbelly. Looking at Austen's novels as a whole... did Anne of Persuasion sell herself to (who appeared to be) the highest bidder? Did Catherine of Northanger Abbey? Did Harriet of Emma? Did Fanny of Mansfield Park? And come ...

AnnaClaire in What did YOU buy today? : What did YOU buy today? December 2007 edition (Dic 12, 2007, 2:20pm)

... Brands' The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, also on the 1st. * Jane Austen's Persuasion, this past Sunday. The first two I got used (don't remember the price). I got the Modern Library Classic edition of Persuasion; it's not a long ...

chimera_berra in 20-Something LibraryThingers : What's your favorite book in your library? (Dic 10, 2007, 7:33pm)

among the top books for me, i would have to mention Persuasion by austen, jane eyre by bronte, clockwork orange by burgess, frankenstein by shelley, one flew over the cuckoos nest by kesey and fear and loathing in las vegas by thompson love em!

AnnaClaire in Book talk : Trade fiction vs Mass market fiction (Dic 10, 2007, 11:43am)

... the price: often they're not as expensive as other trade paperbacks of newer fiction -- I just bought a MLC edition of Persuasion for $6. (The catch is that they only have stuff that's been around a while, and a lot of it is out of copyright.)

rainbowdarling in 20-Something LibraryThingers : What's your favorite book in your library? (Dic 7, 2007, 5:50pm)

Persuasion is my favorite of Austen's novels, too! I didn't like Emma much, nor S&S, but P&P and Persuasion are both quite entertaining. I'm glad I'm not alone in listing this as my favorite of hers.

onetrooluff in 20-Something LibraryThingers : What's your favorite book in your library? (Dic 7, 2007, 4:48pm)

... a few at any rate: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quintet by Douglas Adams - his writing style just cracks me up. Persuasion by Jane Austen - just read this one, and I think I liked it better than P&P, S&S AND Emma. If you ever want proof that people have not changed in 200 years, that' ...

Rule42 in Book talk : World's best Reading- Reader's Digest (Dic 5, 2007, 1:56pm)

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keren7 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 1 December 2007 (Nov 30, 2007, 4:36pm)

... book of illusions and feel neutral about the book. Didn't really enjoy it and didn't hate it. I also finally finished persuasion and did not enjoy this book - I have trouble getting into the writing style of the austern sisters I have decided. I am now reading An obedient father and ...

Just1MoreBook in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 24 November 2007 (Nov 30, 2007, 12:57am)

I started Paris 1919 about the end of WWI. I was in serious need of a non-fiction fix after reading Austen's Persuasion last week.

compskibook in I Love Jane Austen : Masterpiece Theatre (Nov 24, 2007, 9:21am)

I am surprised Masterpiece Theatre (or the powers that be) would remake Persuasion when they have a perfectly wonderful adaptation already. They had the sense to keep the excellent Pride and Prejudice and the okay Emma, but the old Persuasion was much better than the old Emma.

MarianV in Non-Fiction Readers : What Non-Fiction Are You Reading Now - Nov. 2007 (Nov 16, 2007, 5:52pm)

... It's a history of duelling. She has a light, breezy style which goes well with the subject. Now It's Jane Austen Persuasion which is also moving right along.

carlym in What Are You Reading Now? : Fictional Fellows and the Crazies who Crave Them (Nov 13, 2007, 9:20pm)

Definitely Mr. Darcy and Gilbert Blythe, and also the Scarlet Pimpernel, Captain Wentworth (Persuasion), George Emerson (A Room with a View), and Calvin from the A Wrinkle in Time series.

Lavinient in 50 Book Challenge : Lavinia starts April 2007 (Nov 13, 2007, 3:25pm)

61. Persuasion by Jane Austen This is a re-read, and my favorite of the Austen novels.

roseofmalice in What did YOU buy today? : What did YOU buy today? November 2007 edition (Nov 11, 2007, 11:38pm)

... One The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli Alice's Adventures In Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll Persuasion by Jane Austen 1984 by George Orwell Total Cost: $11.89US

Marensr in Hogwarts Express : What''s your Top Ten? (Nov 10, 2007, 10:42pm)

... my original experience of them. 1 I Capture the Castle 2 Le Grand Meaulnes 3 A Room With A view 4 Catch 22 5 Persuasion 6 Posession 7 The Myth of Sisyphus and other essays 8 The Man Who Was Thursday 9 Flame Trees of Thika 10 A Room of One's Own Honorable mention ...

keren7 in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 10 November 2007 (Nov 9, 2007, 11:24pm)

I am still reading The shell seekers and am also reading Persuasion.

AnnaClaire in What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - OCTOBER 2007 (Oct 28, 2007, 4:54pm)

... are: Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence Jane Austen's Lady Susan, and Jane Austen's Persuasion. Somehow I could only get Lady Susan onto CD's, but I'm not nearly enough of a geek to troubleshoot it.

Absurda in List Five Books Parlour Game : Books and Movies (Oct 23, 2007, 6:30pm)

... King Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World by Patrick O'Brian The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy Persuasion by Jane Austin Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker (movie and a tv series)

xicanti in The Green Dragon : Have You Bought Any Books Lately Part 3 (Oct 18, 2007, 9:25pm)

... Death By A.S. Byatt: Possession The Virgin in the Garden By Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility Persuasion By J.D. Salinger: Franny and Zooey Nine Stories Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle The Bhagavad-Gita ...

kiwidoc in Art is Life : Lines from works that you love. (Oct 12, 2007, 9:47pm)

... I have just joined this delightful and inspiring group. Thank you. Here is a quote from the latest book I (re) read - Persuasion. I hope this is not too soppy for everyone but here goes: "I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You ...

Book_Junkie in 50 Book Challenge : Book_Junkie's 50 book challenge (Oct 9, 2007, 3:12pm)

... a fair few, but I think it can definitely be done! So far, the books I've read this year are: 1. Jane Austen - Persuasion 2. Alison Bond - The Truth about Ruby Valentine 3. Erich Segal - Love Story 4. J.M. Coetzee - Slow Man 5. Dirk Benedict - Confessio ...

Thalia in 1001 Books to read before you die : Toughest books to get through (Oct 9, 2007, 3:08pm)

... to read it whereas it took me two days to read P&P. I ended up liking it too, but for me it doesn't compare to P&P, or also Persuasion which is my personal favorite. So, I'd say start with P&P and not with Emma.

Xiguli in Book talk : How many times will you read the same book? (Oct 8, 2007, 2:03am)

... not as many times, but still a lot. Pride and Prejudice probably comes around once a year-ish, so maybe 10 or 12 times. Persuasion quite a few times, too, just because it was in the same Austen omnibus. And I specifically keep myself from reading A Moveable Feast too often because I ...

teelgee in What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - OCTOBER 2007 (Oct 7, 2007, 7:54pm)

... will drive me batty; I'll do two messages to break it up a little. Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion Anne Tyler: Back When we were Grownups Sarah Waters: Fingersmith Margaret Atwood: Blind Assassin Annie Proulx: Accordion Crimes Wa ...

Cariola in What Are You Reading Now? : Top Books read first half of 2007 January-June (Sep 27, 2007, 6:20pm)

... of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett 5. Through a Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen Second Quarter 1. Persuasion by Jane Austen 2. Doubt by John Patrick Shanley 3. The Salt Letters by Christine Balint 4. Two Lives by Vikram Seth 5. The Meaning ...

Marensr in Hogwarts Express : All welcome! (Sep 27, 2007, 12:15pm)

K, Try Persuasion, it is one of my favorites.

foreverreading in What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - September 2007 (Sep 27, 2007, 9:01am)

Went to Borders and couldn't resist picking up Jane Austen's Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sandition and Persuasion and Henry James' Daisy Miller.

Kell_Smurthwaite in What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - September 2007 (Sep 26, 2007, 1:01pm)

... n Les Miserables Vol. 1 & 2 by Victor Hugo Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Moby Dick by Herman Melville Persuasion by Jane Austen Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence Well, it's my birthday and if I want to spend my birthday money on books, that's my own affair, and ...

Kell_Smurthwaite in The Literati : What books came into your home today? (Sep 25, 2007, 5:07pm)

... - for Book Club Forum reading circle: A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon From The Works (3 for £5 classics) Persuasion by Jane Austen Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Except I discovered when I got home that I'd actually only got V ...

estarriol in 50 Book Challenge : estarriol's 50 book challenge (Sep 21, 2007, 5:07pm)

... strong, supernatural heroines to insipid little Catherine Morland! Hmm. I liked this book a lot, found it more lively than Persuasion, but although I liked the secondary characters, I found Catherine to be pretty boring. I like this-let me see-fourth best of the Jane Austen books I have read. Th ...

HannahSnell in Girlybooks : Masterpieces of Women's Literature (Sep 21, 2007, 4:31pm)

... best novel can certainly be called a masterpiece! Yet it isn't my favourite, that's Northanger Abby followed by Persuasion - more fun to read, somehow. and in the Fs: Nothing again, though I had to translate an excerpt from Frankenstein once in a translation class, and found it ...

Akiyama in 50 Book Challenge : Akiyama's list (Sep 17, 2007, 6:06am)

I also read: The Battle by Richard Overy A good, pocket-sized account of the Battle of Britain. Persuasion by Jane Austen My least favourite of the Jane Austen books I've read, and the only one I found a little dull. It was so predictable! And none of the characters interested me. I don' ...

compskibook in 50 Book Challenge : CompSki's Books! (Sep 16, 2007, 9:40am)

... Libba Bray South of Broad, Pat Conroy The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett Currently Reading: Persuasion, Jane Austen (reread) Half Broke Horses, Jeannette Walls Youth Books I'm Thinking About Reading: So B. It, Sarah Weeks Jacob Have I Love ...

Damiella in 50 Book Challenge : Damiella's book list (Sep 15, 2007, 8:17pm)

... this week - but I've got a bit on this weekend - next week's list will prob be longer to catch other reading. 18. Persuasion - Jane Austen. In the introductory notes to the edition I read it mentioned that it showed more mature character development but also suggested the ...

Corinne in 50 Book Challenge : corinne's book list (Sep 14, 2007, 7:24pm)

52. Persuasion by Jane Austen

Nickelini in 50 Book Challenge : Nickelini's 100 Book Challenge (Sep 9, 2007, 8:33pm)

... (excellent, and not just for women) 44. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: a year of food life, by Barbara Kingsolver 45. Persuasion, by Jane Austen

Kerian in Hogwarts Express : What is everyone reading (Sep 5, 2007, 9:45pm)

#50 foggi: Awesome! I'm so glad you're reading it. :) I don't have Persuasion yet, but want to read all of Austen's works. #56 suge: G? Famous? I need to google!

suge in Hogwarts Express : What is everyone reading (Sep 5, 2007, 9:42pm)

I agree, after Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion is my favorite Austen work. Well, ladies I bid you all a fond good night. I am exhausted, still trying to shake off my latest bout of insomnia. Maybe I'll get some sleep tonight! Sweet dreams! ot: has anyone here googled us? I googled "Libr ...

foggidawn in Hogwarts Express : What is everyone reading (Sep 5, 2007, 8:37pm)

... probably have tried to wait a while and savor it. Instead, I read it right off, then savored the reread. ;-) I started Persuasion a few days ago, too (not my first time reading it), but it's on the back burner because of everything else in my life right now.

compskibook in Hogwarts Express : What is everyone reading (Sep 5, 2007, 8:34pm)

... I do really recommend his A Walk in the Woods. It is one of the funniest books I have ever read. EM, Are you reading Persuasion for the first time? I don't know if I would ever want to forget the great books I have read, but there is nothing greater than reading a wonderful book for the ...

ellenmarine in Hogwarts Express : What is everyone reading (Sep 5, 2007, 8:09am)

... fun :) As for what I'm reading at the moment... *takes a deep breath* The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt Persuasion by Jane Austen The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

jargoneer in I Love Jane Austen : Persuasion (Sep 2, 2007, 5:18pm)

... novel. Billie Piper was too modern to be a successful Fanny Price which meant that Mansfield Park was stillborn. Persuasion could have worked but the director obviously decided that he would liven it up by employing a more modern approach to the camerawork. The 'new' ending was a real ...

digifish_books in Geeks who love the Classics : What classic are you reading now? (Ago 29, 2007, 9:06am)

I recently finished reading Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, which was great, and Persuasion by Jane Austen, which was just 'OK' for me. Now I'm onto Anthony Trollope's The Small House at Allington - I love the Barsetshire series :)

jillmwo in I Love Jane Austen : Jane Challenge (Ago 26, 2007, 7:25am)

... in your own right. In response to your message #47 above, I only knew the answer because at some point, I wrote a paper on Persuasion and searched high and low for previous references to these characters.

desideo in Taggers! : Other people's weirdness (Ago 26, 2007, 6:05am)

... communism tagging!) Also, Sense and Sensibility has been tagged 'angst' by someone. I wonder what he/she thought of Persuasion! Plato's Republic is 'queer'. I think my favourite might be the 'trivia' tag someone slapped on Dracula. Most classics should be reduced to mere ...

kiwiflowa in Book talk : Young readers (Ago 21, 2007, 4:25pm)

Kell_Smurthwaite in I Love Jane Austen : Least Favorite Austen Work (Ago 5, 2007, 6:13am)

... recording, this time of Mansfield park. I also have Sense and Sensibility waiting on my shelf and I plan on getting Persuasion as soon as possible. I think the reason I didn't enjoy Emma so much is that nothing ever seems to happen - it's just one long round of visiting the same ...

Cariola in 50 Book Challenge : Cariola's 50 Book Challenge (Ago 4, 2007, 7:42pm)

... because it was a mystery focussed on a "lost" Shakespearean manuscript. Well, I was wrong. Just not my cup of tea. 37. Persuasion--Jane Austen Reread--just as good the second time! 38. Ophelia's Fan--Christine Balint Fictionalized bio of Harriet Smithson, a young Irish ...

Cariola in 50 Book Challenge : Cariola's 50 Book Challenge (Ago 4, 2007, 7:05pm)

February 11. The Glass Menagerie--Tennessee Williams 12. Richard III--William Shakespeare 13. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead--Tom Stopppard 14. The Merchant of Venice--William Shakespeare All rereads for class prep. It had been some time since I read R&G ...

Cariola in 50 Book Challenge : Cariola's 50 Book Challenge (Ago 4, 2007, 6:35pm)

I'm starting late, as I just joined LT about five weeks ago, but, fortunately, I keep a book journal and can list what I've read so far in 2007. Pleas post you comment on any of my books--I'd love to talk about them! January 1. Duty and Desire: A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman ...

littlebookworm in 50 Book Challenge : littlebookworm's new challenge thread (Ago 3, 2007, 10:59pm)

90. Black Powder War - Naomi Novik 91. Richard the Third - Paul Murray Kendall 92. Persuasion - Jane Austen 93. Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey

curiousjones in List Five Books Parlour Game : Talk (Jul 30, 2007, 11:56am)

... oyle The Informer by Liam O'Flaherty Speak Of The Devil by Richard Hawke Tell No One by Harlan Coben Persuasion by Jane Austen

Lavinient in 50 Book Challenge : Lavinia starts April 2007 (Jul 27, 2007, 12:09pm)

... I hate having to flip to the back everytime I want to read a note. I think I will try to find the Cambridge edition of Persuasion to read soon.

grkmwk in Hogwarts Express : DH SPOILERS *plot holes & contrivances* (Jul 26, 2007, 9:24pm)

... makes the interwoven casting all the more fun! For the record, although I don't own it (hmm, might need to fix that...), Persuasion is my favorite Jane Austen novel. Okay, back to Harry! ;o)

waiting4morning in 50 Book Challenge : Jumping in the pool with my books (Jul 15, 2007, 8:54pm)

... book to start with. It's one of her older novels so, as you said, the language is more dense. Personally, I'd recommend Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, and then Emma. :-)

littlebookworm in The Green Dragon : Have you bought ANY books lately? Do tell! (Part II) (Jul 14, 2007, 5:16pm)

I decided I wanted to own all of Jane Austen's works, so I got Persuasion and Northanger Abbey today. I already have the rest. Edited to add: Just her novels, I don't have her early works (yet).

Akiyama in Girlybooks : What book "by and/or about women" are you reading now? (Jul 9, 2007, 8:33pm)

... re-reading Pride and Prejudice. I recently read all of Jane Austen's major books. The only one I wasn't so keen on was Persuasion; I found it quite predictable and I didn't like the characters nearly as much as in the other books. I'm also in the middle of reading The Gentleman's Daughter ...

fannyprice in 18th-19th Century Britain : 18th-19th Century Britain Message Board (Jul 4, 2007, 1:42pm)

... on the manners and morals of her contemporaries. I like all her works for different reasons, but my favorites are Persuasion and Mansfield Park (hence my username). I also got interested in the history of this period through studying women's history in the Middle East - completely ...

Nickelini in I Love Jane Austen : Persuasion (Jun 28, 2007, 11:36pm)

I'm well into Persuasion, and I'm liking it, but I need someone to sell me on it. I think that there are merits that I'm not picking up on (I'm going through a rather stressful period, and have to admit I'm a titch distracted). I think Anne is charming and likable, but I'm not seeing her *do* a ...

fannyprice in Book talk : Pride & Prejudice is only a two dimensional novel (Jun 28, 2007, 1:50pm)

... her time. Many of her characters - Darcy and Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice, Anne Eliot and Capt. Frederick Wentworth Persuasion, Emma/Mr. Elton/Harriet Smith/Robert Martin Emma, Elinor and Edward Ferrars and Marianne and Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility, Catherine and Henry in Nort ...

Nickelini in 1001 Books to read before you die : Which of the 1001 are you currently reading? (Jun 23, 2007, 5:03pm)

I'm currently reading Persuasion, by Jane Austen.

varielle in List Five Books Parlour Game : Bridges (Jun 22, 2007, 12:08pm)

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge BRIDGEt Jones's Diary The UnaBRIDGEd Devil's Dictionary A Word to the Aged by William Bridge A Bridge too Far

gautherbelle in Book talk : Post books that you read at least 3 times (Jun 22, 2007, 1:31am)

... On Writing Well by William Zinsser From Slavery to Freedom A History of Negro Americans by John Hope Franklin Persuasion by Jane Austen The Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell This is a partial list off the top of my head, but I know there are others. Someti ...

Cariola in What Are You Reading Now? : Top books read 2nd quarter 2007 April - June (Jun 18, 2007, 7:58pm)

#19, I'm new here, just joined last night. I hadn't thought of reviewing Persuasion, since I figured so many people already had (but I may be wrong, I haven't checked). It's a bit less lively than Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibilty, or Emma, but the characters are really strong and ...

AnnaClaire in What Are You Reading Now? : Top books read 2nd quarter 2007 April - June (Jun 18, 2007, 6:20pm)

<topic=off> Will you be reviewing Persuasion? (I'd ask how it was, but the fact that you posted it here kinda answers that, doesn't it?) I started Emma recently, but I doubt I'll get it done by month's end. <topic=on>

Cariola in What Are You Reading Now? : Top books read 2nd quarter 2007 April - June (Jun 18, 2007, 6:07pm)

Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett Persuasion by Jane Austen The Dark Angels by Karleen Koen Doubt by John Patrick Shanley The Perfect Royal Mistress by Diane Haeger

fannyprice in What Are You Reading Now? : Reading everything by an author (Jun 7, 2007, 12:21pm)

... novel, which I have in a collection Sanditon and Other Stories. I did feel a certain sadness when I finished Persuasion, the last of her major works that I read, knowing that there would not be any more novel-length works to enjoy. (Without knowing it, I kind of read her works in ...

Julia1605 in Romance - from historical to contemporary : How did you start? (Mayo 30, 2007, 11:20am)

... Austen - Pride and Prejudice & Northanger Abbey after that I read Harry Potter 1-4 Sense and Sensibility Persuasion The Hobbit The lord of the Rings and winter was there. At that point I had no books left to read and was scheduled for a skiing weekend. BUT in my room I ...

paduasoy in Metafilter : Mandatory "favorite books" discussion (Mayo 21, 2007, 11:59am)

Mine are always changing. At the moment I'd go for - an Austen - currently Persuasion a Dickens - currently Little Dorrit a Trollope - currently The Eustace Diamonds and a representative children's religious novel - currently Patience and her Problems and Stoppard's Arcadia Bothe ...

lindsacl in What Are You Reading Now? : What books came into your home today? - May 2007 (Mayo 18, 2007, 11:03am)

Two more from PBS: A Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela (touchstone not loading) Persuasion, by Jane Austen

CarolinaCatherine in Romance - from historical to contemporary : romance classics (Mayo 15, 2007, 1:40pm)

... having lasting significance and worth, including Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion by Jane Austen; Far From The Madding Crowd and Tess of the D'Urbevilles by Thomas Hardy; Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott; the works of Elizabeth G ...

Calico in 50 Book Challenge : calico's 52 books (Mayo 7, 2007, 6:18pm)

... erodotus Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse Godel, Escher, Bach : An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter Against Nature (Penguin Classics) by Joris-Karl Huysmans The Curious Life of Robert Hooke by Lisa Jardine

Calico in Metafilter : Mandatory "favorite books" discussion (Mayo 4, 2007, 3:17am)

... by Jorge Luis Borges Brighton Rock by Graham Greene The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon by Sei Shonagon Persuasion by Jane Austen Three to see the king by Magnus Mills but maybe I'd swap the Magnus Mills for The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Mich ...

Kell_Smurthwaite in I Love Jane Austen : Mansfield Park (Abr 27, 2007, 7:03pm)

... Abbey (I was also listening to an audio book version of it at the time, which was excellent!) and also watched Persuasion (which I also enjoyedand now definitely intend to read). I missed the Mansfield park one though (I was kicking myself for forgetting!). I'm hoping to get hold ...

Kell_Smurthwaite in I Love Jane Austen : Favored works? (Abr 27, 2007, 1:55am)

... I also have Sense and Sensibility waiting to be read and I definitely plan on at least picking up Mansfield Park and Persuasion.

Kell_Smurthwaite in Fforde Ffans : Summary of "First Among Sequels" (Abr 26, 2007, 2:15pm)

... resist, eh? I watched the TV adaptations that were on a few weeks ago and definitely plan to read Mansfield Park and Persuasion very soon too - I've become a mad Austen fan!

Kerian in Fforde Ffans : Summary of "First Among Sequels" (Abr 26, 2007, 2:08pm)

... Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice are Austen's best. I've still to read Emma as well as Mansfield Park and Persuasion.

gautherbelle in I Love Jane Austen : Favored works? (Abr 23, 2007, 9:28pm)

Persuasion is my all time favorite Austen. I also like Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. But I did not like Mansfield Park. Fanny never really did anything put fetch and wait. I also like Emma but I think Mr. Knightly a bit of a bore.

fealeitha in Read YA Lit : YA literary crushes (Abr 11, 2007, 1:11pm)

... It's Avi's best novel. Henry Tilney of Northanger Abbey Mr Darcy of Pride and Prejudice Captain Wentworth of Persuasion Hareton Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights Pippin from The Lord of the Rings Tuor of The Silmarillion and The Book of Lost Tales Part II, and Feanor from ...

Kerian in Classics Club : Kell's Classics Challenge (Abr 6, 2007, 2:06pm)

... what I hope to go by in the future: March: Sense and Sensibility April: Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park May: Persuasion June: Emma July: Pride and Prejudice

jagmuse in I Love Jane Austen : Favored works? (Abr 5, 2007, 9:21am)

I'd have to say Persuasion is my favorite, although I too am a Fanny Price, although I haven't read Mansfield Park as many times as I've read Persuasion. But if I had to choose, Persuasion would be it. The scene at the end where Captain Wentworth leaves Anne the letter gives me goosebumps ...

Nickelini in 1001 Books to read before you die : Which of the 1001 are you currently reading? (Mar 22, 2007, 6:09pm)

I just finished Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen and now I'm onto Persuasion, also by Jane Austen.

jargoneer in I Love Jane Austen : Mansfield Park (Mar 10, 2007, 6:51am)

ITV have made three new adaptations - Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. They start on 11 March with MP. MP & NA got reviewed on Newsnight Review - MP got a thumbs down, NA a thumbs up.

Talbin in Combiners! : Nonexistent Works (Feb 19, 2007, 4:22pm)

Jane Austen: Well, this is plain weird. It started because I wanted to look up Colt Persuasion, which didn't sound like any Austen book I knew. On Google I searched {"colt persuasion" jane austen} and I got three hits - two back to LT, and one to http://home.tiac.net/~cri/2005/let05jun.html. This ...

xicanti in The Green Dragon : Do you look at the other members' libraries? (Feb 9, 2007, 7:47pm)

... They're actually retellings of Jane Austen novels, too, (the first one is Pride and Prejudice, while the second is Persuasion, though it's been so long since I read the latter that I couldn't tell you any of the points of contact), so if anyone turns up their nose at your choice of ...

AsYouKnow_Bob in Book talk : Can we agree of one novel which everyone likes? (Feb 6, 2007, 10:58pm)

I would suggest Persuasion.

waiting4morning in 50 Book Challenge : Annie's 52 Book Challenge (Feb 5, 2007, 10:36am)

Persuasion by Austen is also a very good read; it's probably my favorite after Pride and Prejudice.

MollyGibson in I Love Jane Austen : Favored works? (Feb 1, 2007, 7:32am)

... money. But she is flawed, I often read & wonder what she can still see in Edmund when he is acting quite the dunce! Persuasion is a very close second. Anne is a great woman & so deserves the love of her good man. btw...is anyone here a member of the JASNA? I see their annual meeting ...

Kerian in Fforde Ffans : Summary of "First Among Sequels" (Ene 29, 2007, 6:53pm)

... anyone who wants to know the titles of Austen's works, I'll list them here: Emma Mansfield Park Northanger Abbey Persuasion Pride and Prejudice Sense and Sensibility

mypcjen in MyPeopleConnection Book Clubs : You're Invited!: Greater Los Angeles Area Book Clubs (Ene 22, 2007, 11:02pm)

... Arctic Incident, All the Pretty Horses, Germinal, Blindness, Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, Persuasion, Anton Chekhov's Selected Plays, Wind in the Willows, The News From Paraguay, The Namesake, and more.... Not a book club - but literary related:

Janisdoll in I Love Jane Austen : Favored works? (Ene 16, 2007, 1:32pm)

... there is no more ridiculous or obsequious character than that of Mr. Collins in all of literature. My second favorite is Persuasion because it reflects the end of Jane Austen's life when her outlook had decidedly matured. Anne Elliot is a much more thoughtful character, who thinks before ...

angstrat in What Are You Reading Now? : What You're Reading the Week of 6 January 2007 (Ene 9, 2007, 9:27pm)

... The Glass Castle too. Count me in as another fan of both the book and BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Persuasion is another favorite Austen and the Amanda Root/Ciaran Hinds movie is also excellent. I just finished The Discomfort Zone by Jonathan Franzen, which ...

cjlib in Romance - from historical to contemporary : The New Year (Dic 29, 2006, 9:11pm)