Persuasion by Jane Austen

Having read Persuasion at different times in my life, I have always found this gentle, harsh, claustrophobic novel one of her best.  It may not have the romping breath of Sense and Sensibility, or Mr Darcy, Pride and Prejudice, but I do think that the arch of the story, the minutiae of a woman's life, hemmed in by society's constructs of what a woman of a certain stratum of society can and cannot do is so well illustrated in this novel.  It is of its time and yet still pertinent today.  I won't precis the novel as it is so well known.  Having said all this many did not enjoy this novel as much as they have enjoyed others by Jane Austen.  

Marks out of 10 between 5 - 8

Words used to describe it:  Mills and Boon, predictable, engaging, refreshing revisited, social nuance

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