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Persuade Written by Kathryn Ann (10/29/2011 3:06 p.m.)

I don't know if anyone else had the experience while reading, but everytime I read the word persuade, persuaded, or persuasion, I thought: Austen uses this word quite a bit in this novel!

I thought to search the novel and see if the words occur more frequently than in the other novels - as surely they must! thought I.

Well, perhaps my search skills are at fault, but I only got through Persuasion, P&P,and Emma, before I gave up. My findings: persuade/d and persuasion are in fact more frequent in the other two novels I looked at, than in Persuasion itself!

So, perhaps it is the power of suggestion of the title, but I was much more sensitive to the idea of persuasion throughout this work! Great title, (even if it was not Jane Austen's choice!)

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Persuade Kathryn Ann (10/29/2011 3:06 p.m.)

You're pretty much right, Kathryn ... gianni (10/30/2011 6:27 p.m.)
- Arrgh! ... gianni (10/30/2011 7:15 p.m.)
  - Thank you! Kathryn Ann (10/30/2011 11:27 p.m.)
  - Convincing Stephanie (10/30/2011 11:03 p.m.)
counts Stephanie (10/30/2011 4:21 p.m.)

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