this is a re-post from my instagram.
𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 of the book: Anne received proposal from Mr. Frederick Wentworth, accepted, and broke it off because she was persuaded to. Nobody except the two and Lady Russel (Anne’s confidant) knew about the it. 8 years passed, she regretted it still, and (newly made) Captain Wentworth still resent her for doing so. Unplanned by them, they were obliged to be in the same society or circle for a while.
𝐌𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 💭
I want to say right off the bat, this is a love story. A much more of a slap-you-on-the-face romantic love story than pride and prejudice, i think. (On first read. So let me re-read this a few times more lol)
What makes me wonder after reading this, is how i think persuasion would be necessary at some points should it be needed. Some matters should be consulted, and persuasion might do it good. (But still, persuasion also have boundaries)
If you, were persuaded to break an engagement by a close family member or a close confidant, would you do it?
If the reason is because he doesn’t have any connection or name of his own, and you are still so young by the age of 19, would you even consider their suggestion?
This is one of the lines in the book that made me realized it is indeed a love story:
“There could have never been two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison, no countenances so beloved. Now they were as strangers; nay, worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted. It was a perpetual estrangement.”
