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Publisher: Wytherngate Press
Eight years ago, when he had nothing but his future to offer, Frederick Wentworth fell in love with Anne Elliot, the gentle daughter of a haughty, supercilious baronet. Sir Walter Elliot refused to countenance a marriage, and Anne's godmother, Lady Russell, strongly advised Anne against him. Persuaded by those nearest to her, Anne had given him up and he had taken his broken heart to sea. When Jane Austen's Persuasion opens in the year 1814, Frederick Wentworth, now a famous and wealthy captain in His Majesty's Navy, finds himself back in England and, as fate would have it, residing as a guest in Anne's former home. Now, it is the baronet who is in financial difficulties, and Anne exists only at her family's beck and call. For eight long years, Frederick had steeled his heart against her. Should he allow Anne into his heart again, or should he look for love with younger, prettier woman in the neighbourhood who regard him as a hero? The mature sweetness of Jane Austen's Persuasion is brought to life in Wytherngate Press's, None But You ., the first in the two-volume series, Frederick Wentworth, Captain, by Susan Kaye.
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| Must Read |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Persuasion is my favorite Austen novel and there is so little fan fiction available on it so this series is very exciting to me. This book only covers the first half of Austen's Persuasion, but it does go back to give you interesting stories of when Ann and Wentworth first meet. In None But You, Kaye explains the struggles Wentworth has gone through trying to get over Ann Elliot. Captain Wentworth needs to be explained and this book does that: how Wentworth spend his eight years at sea; his friendships; why he spends do much time with the Musgroves; what does he really think of Luisa?
The second book in the series finishes Austen's story and is very good as well; but is only available through the publisher right now (it is defiantly worth the read).
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| Can't wait for the sequel! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This book is a very good addition to Persuasion. I am really looking forward to the sequel. I would highly recommend this book for all Jane Austen fans.
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| Well-told backstory for "Persuasion" |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I loved this! Definitely one of the best of all the Austen spin-offs/backstories/fan fictions that I've read. I can't wait for the second volume to come out, hopefully sometime in October 2008.
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| Interesting premise, plodding devlopments |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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I enjoy Austen and was intrigued with the idea of "his side of the story" but at many junctures this doesn't quite come off. It is difficult to reconcile the naval persona with the civilian one as written. Is all this indecision really the same man? The story moves very slowly, and there is another whole volume to come.
Technically, there are a number of lenthy digressions/flashbacks that could have been handled in a way that disrupted the story less, and the text could really have used a better proof-reader.
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| A well-written story from a different perspective. |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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There could have been a bit less of the lead-in to the meat of the story, however I found it easy to read and enjoyed the way the author developed the protagonist's viewpoint.
Persuasion has always been one of my favorites of JA's stories. This novel actually comes closer to giving a sense of that time and that place, as well as the social mores of the era, than just about any other I have read. The back story of Captain Wentworth leading up to the events of Persuasion finally explains the true depth of the anger and resentment that he exhibits when he is introduced in JA's novel.
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