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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
4.75/5* for The Annotated Persuasion
SO pleased I finally got around to reading this one. Miss Austen's frightening skill at writing a utterly loathsome lead character made Emma an odious chore to finish, but here she put that prodigious talent to work writing a story that left me smiling. As sweet as the core romance was, it was her oh-so-understated savageries that really made me smile, delightful darts delivered demurely and deftly.
Also, I am particularly pleased that I read this annotated version by David Shapard. It was a HUGE help in getting much more out of the book than I would have otherwise.
* (it would have got 5/5 if some Power to Mary the gift had given to see herself as other saw her)
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Good to know you enjoyed it so much. Just think what else she might have written if she had lived another 20 or 30 years.