Ok, that title may be a bit overromanticized. I was actually thinking of the Sandra Bullock-Keanu Reeves movie The Lake House when I thought of that title. One, not a very good movie. Two, the book Persuasion in the film was left at a train station and not on a bus. But what the heck.
One of the certified diamonds of classic literature, Persuasion is one of the most popular among the six novels of Jane Austen and halfway through it I am beginning to understand why. It didn’t take too much to persuade me to read this novel, although I must admit I carried with me another book, a science fiction, for the two-way 4-hour trip just in case I get the urge to read another type. I don’t know about everybody else, but reading classics for me requires a special kind of attention, temperament even. But it has its rewards, and with Jane Austen, I always seem to find something to relate to with her heroines so it’s all good. Put simply, Persuasion is about two people who used to love each other but became estranged. After several years of separation, their paths crossed again. Would they end up together? Of course they would. It’s their journey toward that end that makes the read worthwhile.
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