Reviews of Persuasion
"Today, what Jane Austen wrote is to be studied by those who gain an insight into the methods of English romantic fiction of the past. As for present interest, there is but little of it."
~The New York Times, Review by Reverend J.W. Lee, 1892
"Persuasion, to my mind...contains some of Austen's most subtle work."
~The New York Times, Review by Emerson, 1906
Grounded by Persuasion's schematically patterned narrative surface, personality emerges with a residual richness that extends beyond the borders of the text.
~The Kenyon Review, Review by Cheryl Weissman, 1988
This love story contains Austen's most pointed social commentary, recognizing the rising status of the professional class and respecting the aristocrats with their inherited lands and titles
~Library Journal, Review by Nancy Ives, 2011
~The New York Times, Review by Reverend J.W. Lee, 1892
"Persuasion, to my mind...contains some of Austen's most subtle work."
~The New York Times, Review by Emerson, 1906
Grounded by Persuasion's schematically patterned narrative surface, personality emerges with a residual richness that extends beyond the borders of the text.
~The Kenyon Review, Review by Cheryl Weissman, 1988
This love story contains Austen's most pointed social commentary, recognizing the rising status of the professional class and respecting the aristocrats with their inherited lands and titles
~Library Journal, Review by Nancy Ives, 2011