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Book Review By Janet Alejandro
Persuasion by Jane Austen

Jane Austen's Persuasion focuses on the regret and loneliness of Anne Elliot, who had rejected a proposal of marriage from the one man she truly loved. The story takes place less than a decade after the proposal, following her simultaneous anticpiation and dread of the rejected lover's return to the community. She struggles between the validity of the reasons for the old rejection and the flittering hope that their love had persevered.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - upbeat
Time/era of story - 1600-1899
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance:
Family, struggle with Yes
Struggle with: - Father (or standin) - Sister
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Writing Style
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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