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The Annotated Sense and Sensibility | Jane Austen, David M. Shapard

It's natural that there will be a lot of Austen in my top reads list this year! #12booksof2025 @TheEllieMo

TheEllieMo It‘s been a while since I read any Austen, I ought to rectify that 2d

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

The Annotated Persuasion | Jane Austen, David M. Shapard

I didn't include this quote in my Discussion Post, I've just carried around with me for few days. Today is the 3rd Anniversary of the house fire. It's always going to be a time of contemplation not only of things lost but on good times.

Included in those memories are all the #Pemberlittens who sent me books to rebuild my library. That kindness still feels me with joy.

#JaneAustenThenAndNow
#PagesOfPersuasion

Crinoline_Laphroaig And now it's time to get on with my day. While it's fine to look back, wallowing isn't healthy or productive. Life has moved on and it's good. 3w

TheBookHippie ♥️ 3w

Lcsmcat ❤️ 3w

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

The Annotated Persuasion | Jane Austen, David M. Shapard

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I can't believe we're at the end of ‘Then‘ books!
My answers in comments.

#Pemberlittens
#JaneAustenThenAndNow
#PagesOfPersuasion

Crinoline_Laphroaig 1️⃣ According to Goodreads this is my 8th reading. Mostly I read in print. A couple of busy days I switched to beautifully read Juliet Stevenson audio book.

I must confess, on first reading as a young woman it didn't speak to me the way that Pride and Prejudice did. 30 years later I revisited after reading on Modern Mrs Darcy Blog https://modernmrsdarcy.com/ that it was a perfect fall read. My older eyes saw its beauty.⬇️
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Crinoline_Laphroaig 2️⃣ I love the Crofts, they're just running around the countryside and living their best lives. Sir Walter, Elizabeth, and Mary are all horrible so they as a group are my worst.

3️⃣ The Letter! I swoon every time.

4️⃣ Obviously the letter but also “But I hate to hear you talking so, like a fine gentleman, and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days.”⬇️

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Crinoline_Laphroaig 5️⃣ You know it's going to be Northanger Abbey for me. I'll take any opportunity to run into Henry Tilney. 6️⃣ Sir Walter is definitely vainest. He is a bit more present, instead of retreating to the library like Mr. Bennet. But even when he's there he's always going to say something horrible. 7️⃣ Retire to the country. I need a garden. 8️⃣ Continue to be surprised at the ages of characters that I used to think of as ‘old‘. Mrs. Croft is 38.⬇️

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Crinoline_Laphroaig 🎁 December is time for Persuasion ‘Now‘ retellings and movies. I also want to do a wrap Discussion Post of all 6.

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The Annotated Persuasion | Jane Austen, David M. Shapard

Ch. 24 (Vol II, Ch XII) Conclusion. "She gloried in being a sailor‘s wife, but she must pay the tax of quick alarm for belonging to that profession which is, if possible, more distinguished in its domestic virtues than in its national importance. THE END."

Read the final pages on the Book Porch with rain, cozy blanket, & a wee whiskey. Such a joy to reread a chapter a day.
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#pemberlittens
#janeaustenthenandnow
#pagesofpersuasion

BookishMarginalia Love the photo! 1mo

eeclayton I find that each book of hers benefits from the chapter-a-day pace, but Persuasion especially. It was lovely to savour the daily sections this November ❤️ 1mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig @eeclayton With 24 Chapters, I've done it as Advent Calendar for December as well. 1mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig @BookishMarginalia it was beautiful fall rainy day. 1mo

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

The Annotated Persuasion | Jane Austen, David M. Shapard

Chapter 23 (Volume II, Chapter 11) "The letter, with a direction hardly legible, to Miss A. E." - Persuasion

I love this Signet Classic mass market in my collection. ✉️

#pemberlittens
#janeaustenthenandnow
#pagesofpersuasion

Only one more chapter!

eeclayton That letter is to die for 1mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig @eeclayton perfection! 1mo

peanutnine Great cover! 1mo

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The Annotated Persuasion | Jane Austen, David M. Shapard

Chapter 22 (Volume II, Chapter 10): "I hope you do not think I am so illiberal as to want every man to have the same objects and pleasures as myself. I have a great value for Benwick; and when one can but get him to talk, he has plenty to say. His reading has done him no harm, for he has fought as well as read." - Persuasion

Charles Musgrove said something logical. ?

#pemberlittens
#janeaustenthenandnow
#pagesofpersuasion

Crinoline_Laphroaig Morning cuppa and a chapter by the fire. Cool this morning 47F/8C but looks to be beautiful day with sunshine and high of 59F/15C. Plan to spend afternoon in the garden.
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Crinoline_Laphroaig

The Annotated Persuasion | Jane Austen, David M. Shapard

Ch. 21 (Vol. II, Ch. 9): him. "Hear the truth, therefore, now, while you are unprejudiced." - Persuasion.

Mrs Smith spills the tea! ?

Here's a lovely flashback to Pemberlittens readalong back in 2021. We dismantled The Glasshouse and moved it bit by bit to new house. All pieces are neatly stacked in a corner of the shop building, to hopefully rise again one day.

#pemberlittens
#janeaustenthenandnow
#pagesofpersuasion

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

The Annotated Persuasion | Jane Austen, David M. Shapard

Chapter 20 (Volume II, Chapter 8.) “You were a good while at Lyme, I think?”

Seaside is such a big part of Persuasion's storyline. Has me thinking about that time I carried The Lonely Shore: Jane Austen and the Sea by Julia Fry with me on vacation just so I could read on the beach.

Because it was a gift I was extra careful not to get it wet or full of sand. 🌊

#pemberlittens
#janeaustenthenandnow
#pagesofpersuasion

charl08 😍 Beautiful beach pic. 1mo

Crinoline_Laphroaig @charl08 nowhere near Lyme. Taken at South Padre Island, Tx. But it turned out lovely. 1mo

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

The Annotated Persuasion | Jane Austen, David M. Shapard

Ch19 (Vol II, Ch 7) "While Admiral Croft was taking this walk with Anne, and expressing his wish of getting Captain Wentworth to Bath, Captain Wentworth was already on his way thither. Before Mrs. Croft had written, he was arrived; and the very next time Anne walked out, she saw him."

Persuasion just inspires walking. I took late afternoon walk to the pond and read my chapter. ?

#pemberlittens
#janeaustenthenandnow
#pagesofpersuasion

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Crinoline_Laphroaig

The Annotated Persuasion | Jane Austen, David M. Shapard

Ch 18 (Vol II, Ch VI) "He was ordered to walk, to keep off the gout, and Mrs. Croft seemed to go shares with him in every thing, and to walk for her life, to do him good."

Time has passed. No longer at Uppercross in Fall, moved on to February in Bath.

Spotted on my walk yesterday, gorgeous red leaves of maple in my yard, looking across to more fall color around neighbors pond. ?

#pemberlittens
#janeaustenthenandnow
#pagesofpersuasion

Crinoline_Laphroaig Took this photo with my phone. Need to get another with my good camera. 📷 1mo

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