And the final passage linking my thoughts to Persuasion. As Anne and Wentworth walk together ' There they returned again into the past, more exquisitely happy, perhaps, in their re-union, than when it had been first projected; more tender, more tried, more fixed in a knowledge of each other's character, truth, and attachment;' Jane Austen Persuasion
Reminds me of this passage. I may wish I'd met Warmth earlier but this reminds me of all the additional thoughts and experiences we bring to our relationship.
'How is it that poets have said so many fine things about our first love, so few about our later love? Are their first poems their best? Or are not those the best which come from fuller thought, their larger experience, their deeper-rooted affections?' George Eliot Adam Bede
As you know I have so enjoyed this Persuasion read along. Reading by myself and then reading all your thoughts. Thank you Rachel for initiating and organising this event. What was your favourite part of the readalong?
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Beautiful, Rachel. Thank you for taking part and for sharing your lovely and thought provoking quotes.
ReplyDeleteBookssnob - I was just about to email you as this weekend I suggested, to two friends to read Persuasion. The read along lives on.
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ReplyDeleteHow very true. Butterflies are glorious, but I'd choose later love every time.
Laura - I'm the same but then I think you all knew that from the fact I'd kept the quote.
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