Rating 4/5
Persuasion is, of course a story of romance, love lost and unrequited love. Anne Elliot comes from an aristocratic family and was at one time engaged to Frederick Wen tworth. However, her friend, Lady Russell persuaded her to break off the engagement because she didn't feel that he was wealthy enough for Miss Elliot. Eight and a half years later he returns and has money. During this time, he woos Luisa Mussgrove and Anne is courted by her cousing, Mr. Elliot. Anne is again persuaded by another friend to not pursue him because he is only after her money.
As much as I love Jane Austen's writing, this was not one of my favorite books. Only because I think she could have put more about the interaction between Anne and Wentworth and she didn't play up their feelings for each other very much. For a women's author, Austen usually has weak women protagonists. Anne was described at the beginning of the book as a person who no one really noticed and wasn't much use. She was just there. She seemed to be a sweet, caring girl, but couldn't think on her own. It was only at the end when she finally decided to be with Wentworth that she didn't care what her friend Lady Russell thought about it.
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