A review by brynnma
Persuasion by Jane Austen

5.0

The unfortunate thing about the Modern Library editions is that they combine the best cover design with the crappiest scholarship. The essay that opens this edition is a half-assed biography and a couple paragraphs ruminating on the title. Why do I keep buying the ML edition? Vapid, clearly. Regardless, the novel is wonderful. Not her best work, she was well into her slow decline by the time she finished it but the last twenty pages manage to be a hundred times more edge of your seat thrilling than anything Stephen King ever wrote.