Persuasion

S: I saw the 1995 adaptation last year, and I recently watched the 2007 adaptation. Honestly, I think both are well done! I do like that there are some familiar faces in the 1995 one from some of my favourite movies: Fiona Shaw, who played Aunt Petunia from the Harry Potter movies, is Mrs. Croft,… Read more

(This conversation will contain spoilers for the current chapters.) R: Well, my flabbers were gasted by Chapter 21! At the beginning, I thought that while Mr. Elliot was definitely set up as a rival for Captain Wentworth, he wasn’t actually a bad guy. But then the revelation from Mrs. Smith! I have to say, I… Read more

(This conversation will contain spoilers for the current chapters.) S: My question has been answered: Mr. Elliot is a widower. I feel a little better about him now that I know that if he is pursuing Elizabeth again, or perhaps Anne, his first wife is no longer living. My gut instinct is that he just… Read more

(This conversation will contain spoilers for the current chapters.) S: Austen keeps introducing us to more and more characters, which isn’t a bad thing, but it does feel as if the story is moving almost too rapidly now. I’m happy that Anne was able to talk with Captain Benwick, and that she is feeling stronger… Read more

(This conversation will contain spoilers for the current chapters.) S: Ah, the moment we realise nobody cares about us more than we care about ourselves! It’s funny, and true, how Anne is surprised that the move to Bath by her father, sister, and Mrs. Clay is not the most important thing to the Musgrove family.… Read more

(This conversation will contain spoilers for the current chapters.) S: I was absolutely floored as I read Chapter 1! A fifty-four year-old widower full of pride and vanity, with contempt for his middle and youngest daughters, and the eldest daughter whose hopes have been dashed to pieces because she has not married the heir apparent… Read more