Persuasion

I love Persuasion. It's a surprising book, for me, to see at the end of Austen's writing career. It's not as long as Emma or Pride and Prejudice or Mansfield Park, and the plot certainly isn't as complex. In fact, less seems to actually happen than in any of her other books. But it's lovely and simple and elegant, and has some of the most wonderful moments of love from any of her books. I don't know why I found it difficult to get into last summer.

It's a short book, and thus a short summary.