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Anne Elliot, heroine of Austen's last novel, did something we can all relate to: Long ago, she let the love of her life get away. In this case, she had allowed herself to be persuaded by a trusted family friend that the young man she loved wasn't an adequate match, social stationwise, and that Anne could do better. The novel opens some seven years after Anne sent her beau packing, and she's still alone. But then the guy she never stopped loving comes back from the sea. As always, Austen's storytelling is so confident, you can't help but allow yourself to be taken on the enjoyable journey.

This book is now an international bookring

Rules
Please make a journal entry when you receive the book and another one (or release notes) when you send it to the next person. It will be nice to read what you thought abot the book, too! Also, if for some reason you want to be skipped, PM me and/or the person who is int he queue before you!
If there are any other problems, PM me.
Also, I'd love it if you could provide a postcard from where you live so that I can see where the book has travelled! ^_^

Participants
The list of participants is subject to change at any given time.
1. ababaigalit - Izrael -- Intl
2. rootmartin - US -- Intl
3. zosime - US -- Intl
4. valerief - US -- Intl
5. sunnybrook301 - US -- Intl
6. darkpunkangel - Canada -- Intl
7. ChiBoiler - US -- Intl
8. angela861 - US -- Intl
9. cat207 - AUS -- AUS/Intl
10. neschka - Germany -- Intl
11. hawk19840 - Germany -- EUR
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FINISHED

RELEASE NOTES:

Let the ring begin!

Well first bookring for 2007. It arrived savely at my mailbox. It's the third book of Jane Austen that I'll read. I like the way that she wrote, I hope I will like the book as much as I liked the other two.
Thanks kiyoitsukikage for allowing be part of this bookring. Loved the idea with the post cards I'll try to find a nice one of Israel so I can put in the book. I will start the book right away so I can send it fast.


01/02/07:
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Well I finished the book yesterday night. Like all of her novels, Jane Austen's PERSUASION is essentially a comedy of manners--a work in which the characters must negotiate a complex code of conduct in order to survive, much less achieve their ends. And in a certain sense the novel is indicative of Austen's great talent, razor sharp, laced with irony and wit, and remarkably phrased. And yet PERSUASION is quite unlike Austen's other novels in the story it tells.
To tell the truth the chapter before the last was my favorite.
This novel was the last one that Austen wrote before she died. It is a more mature novel, dealing with many issues not found in Austen's previous novels. One reason why people find faults with the book is that Anne Elliot, the heroine, is not as spunky or witty as an Elizabeth Bennett or an Emma Woodhouse. There is not so much wit flowing in the dialogue between characters, or even dialogue in general. But these differences between the novels make this one so unique.

Just received in the mail today. Thanks, kiyoitsukikage, for starting up this ring and to ababaigalit for sending it on!

A bunch of rings have arrived recently but I'll start on this as soon as possible. Thanks!

I really enjoyed this book! Thanks for starting this bookring. This is the third Jane Austen novel that I've read and I was quite delighted.

I apologize for keeping this a little longer than I intended. We just brought home baby #4 from the hospital and things are moving a bit slower at home than I'm used to.

Thanks again! I'm putting it in the mail to zosime today.

Arrived safe and sound today. Thank you! I'm reading another bookring book right now, but I'll start on this one as soon as I'm finished.

Thank you so much for starting this ring, Kiyoitskikage! I really enjoyed this book. This is the third Jane Austen novel I have read, and I can't wait to read more. I love her characters with all their little personality quirks and hang-ups, and the way she portrays the complex, convoluted, muddled nature of social interactions is fantastic.

I'll pass this along as soon as I can. Thanks!

I finally mailed this on Friday. Sorry for the delay, I had some difficulty finding post cards. Of course, once I located some I started finding them everywhere.

Thanks zosime! Looking forward to reading a classic. Hope to finish in a month and a half or so.

To me, this felt almost like a twist on the Cinderella story - youngest sister who is not respected by her immeidate family gets guy. At times I find "classics" a bit tedious to read, but this one picked up at the end. The ending is a bit predictable yet enjoyable. I also enjoyed observing how the characters navigated society's various etiquette dogma.

RELEASE NOTES:

This will be sent off to sunnybrook301 in my next post office run.

I got it!

I will be staring on this one as soon as I finish my current read. Thanks!

Finished this last night.

I enjoyed this one, but I have to say I liked Sense and Sensibility much better. Possibly because that was my first Austen read, or possibly because I have the biggest crush on Alan Rickman's Colonel Brandon ;)

I just found Anne to be too good and I was not as interested in her fate as I might have been if she had not been so passive.

I will send this on as soon as I hear from the next participant. Thanks for sharing it!

I really do apologize for holding this up - the holidays and other things just seemed to get in the way. But it's on it's way now to the next participant. Hope you enjoy it!

The arrived here safe and sound today, thanks. I'll probably start this book today.

Oops, I finished this about a week ago (or try to finish it), and forgot to journal it. I particular did not enjoy it and couldn't get into it, so I deceided to stop reading it.

Thanks though kiyoitsukikage for letting me join this ring though and I will pass this book on to the next reader tomorrow.

RELEASE NOTES:

Sent this today to the next participant, hope everyone else will enjoy it more then me :D!

Yeah! I have been waiting for this book. I do have a few rings/rays in front of it but I read fast!

I just saw this movie on the PBS Complete Jane Austen series (they borrowed the movies from BBC) and I loved this one! Can't wait to read the book - Pride and Prejudice is one of my all time favorites.

I just loved this book. Not sure if I was just in the right mood to read it or it just was that great. I had recently seen the BBC movie on PBS and it was my favorite (with the exception of the fabulous Colin Firth in Pride & Prejudice.)

Thanks kiyoitsukikage for starting this ring. I will pass it on to angela861 this weekend.

UPDATE: 4/20/2008 - I am going to drop this off to angela861 today!

ChiBoiler dropped off the book yesterday. I have one ahead of it but will begin reading it soon.

LOVED IT!! I can't believe how fast I finished it... I couldn't put it down. I still think Pride and Prejudice is still my favorite but this was right up there!

Cat207 asked to be skipped so I will contact the next person in line.

RELEASE NOTES:

The book is off to neschka... Happy Reading!

The book arrived yesterday. I look forward to reading it. Thanks a lot!

05/29/2008:
Just finished. I quite liked the book and really enjoyed reading. I will read some more stuff by Jane Austen, I think. Wasn´t sure about that because I didn´t like "Emma" very much :-)
So, thank you very much for the bookring! I will ask for the next address immediately and will ship the book to the next participant soon.

06/03/2008:
hawk19840 asked to be skipped, therefore the book is now on it´s way back home.

The book is now back home. I'm glad you enjoyed it and thank you all for the beautiful postcards!