Classics That Made a Difference
Books that have stood the test of time, loved by Oprah, Gwyneth, Julia and more...
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Persuasion by Jane Austen
Everyone has
their Austen, and this is mine. Sparer, more savage—and also more poignant than
Pride and Prejudice, this is a novel that tells us wisely and wittily about the nature of romantic entanglements and the follies of being human. It isn't riven with the deep, muscular ironies of, say,
Emma, but there is something about the dry lightness of
Persuasion that is deceptive. It stays with you long after you've read it.
— Nigella Lawson
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From the
July 2009 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
