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More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marriage from the handsome young naval officer Frederick Wentworth. He was clever, confident, and ambitious, but poor and with no particular family connections to recommend him. Sir Walter, Anne's fatuous, snobbish father and her equally self-involved older sister Elizabeth were dissatisfied with her choice, maintaining that he was no match for an Elliot of Kellynch Hall, the family estate. Her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne's late mother, persuaded her to break the engagement. Now 27 and still unmarried, Anne re-encounters her former love when his sister and brother-in-law, the Crofts, take out a lease on Kellynch. Wentworth is now a captain and wealthy from maritime victories in the Napoleonic wars. However, he has not forgiven Anne for rejecting him. While publicly declaring that he is ready to marry any suitable young woman who catches his fancy, he privately resolves that he is ready to become attached to any appealing young woman except for Anne Elliot.
by Jane Austen (1818)
Chapter 1
Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who,
for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage; there
he found occupation for an idle hour, and consolation in a distressed
one; there his faculties were roused into admiration and respect, by
contemplating the limited remnant of the earliest patents; there any
unwelcome sensations, arising from domestic affairs changed naturally
into pity and contempt as he turned over the almost endless creations
of the last century; and there, if every other leaf were powerless, he
could read his own history with an interest which never failed. This
was the page at which the favourite volume always opened: "ELLIOT OF KELLYNCH HALL. "Walter Elliot, born March 1, 1760, married, July 15, 1784, Elizabeth,
daughter of James Stevenson, Esq. of South Park, in the county of
Gloucester, by which lady (who died 1800) he has issue Elizabeth, born
June 1, 1785; Anne, born August 9, 1787; a still born son, November 5,
1789; Mary, born November 20, 1791... Continue reading book >>
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Reviews (Rated: 5 Stars - 6 reviews) |
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Reviewer: Cherrh - November 6, 2018 Subject: Love this book! Excellent book and excellent reading! |
Reviewer: S Marie - February 6, 2017 Subject: Persuasion Very well read and enjoyable to listen to. |
Reviewer: Deb - December 18, 2016 Greatly enjoyed the book and the reader. |
Reviewer: Cassia Dee - February 25, 2016 I wanted so badly to listen through this book, but the reader read much too fast for me to keep track of. I kept having to rewind and re listen to everything, and it actually ended up really stressing me out. Haha. But I bet many people would have no problem with this recording and enjoy it, as the reader really does have a lovely voice. She just reads certain parts really fast. |
Reviewer: Trudy O - July 3, 2015 Subject: Persuasion The reader did an amazing job. I have now listened to her read this book multiple times. |
September 1, 2014 Subject: Persuasion It's my favourite book. The reader did a great job; she distinguishes between character voices and situations. |