The very cover of the book my friend gave me (birthday gift) :)
One of the parts which touched my cheesy self the most would have to be when Frederick Wentworth nervously gave his letter to Anne Elliot --- and the very contents of that letter, of course!
You see, these two used to be engaged when he was 23, and she 19. But people around Anne, including her longtime friend Lady Russell, her elder sister Elizabeth and her father Sir Walter, were all against the supposed marriage as it is, as of the moment, a most unfortunate one. Anne's family didn't think Frederick was eligible for her. They were able to successfully "persuade" her into calling the relationship off. Of course it broke both of their hearts but they had to move on. Eight years later, certain circumstances brought them together again, with he being "more eligible" but bitter and resentful, and she silently holding back her feelings for him. Okay so just when I was growing tired of Frederick's lack of action (medyo slow, laging MIA, kinda torpe haha).... there he was, overhearing the conversation of Anne and Captain Harville, admiring Anne's unfailing gift of a good mind and heart, and finally was finding it really hard to stay cold and bitter towards her for long! 'Di na niya keri magpatay malisya! Haha
So back to the RUSH letter he gave Anne...which made my heart melt to the umpth level (OA ako eh)! Its contents are as follows:
I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own, than when you almost broke it eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone I think and plan.--- Have you not seen this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes?--- I had not waited even these ten days, could I have read your feelings, as I think you must have penetrated mine. I can hardly write, I am very instant hearing something which overpowers me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice, when they would be lost on others.--- Too good, too excellent creature! You do us justice indeed. You do believe that there is true attachment and constancy among men. Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating in
F.W.
I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible. A word, a look will be enough to decide whether I enter your father's house this evening, or never.AWWWW RIGHT?!?!! <3
Aside from the kilig feelings, I've also come to develop a sense of attachment with the characters other than the couple, such as Mary and her husband Charles Musgrove. I think they're a cute couple.
Also, I think Austen always seems to know that there are flaws in every family. This is very evident not only in Persuasion but also in her other works such as Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park. And despite all those familial imperfections, Austen is always able to turn it into something comical, something beautiful --- very true in real-life families, right? Right?? :)
So here I am. Blushing and sighing in total respect and love for another of Jane Austen's novel. I know this post doesn't do justice to Austen's genius. Yup, I think she's a genius. Hihihi!
Thanks for reading! :)
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