This is one of my favorite Austen book so far. Persuasion is contras with her previous stories. It's more like follow your heart wherever it may lead you. I think that Persuasion is her best in terms of writing, it's yearning so beautifully but manage to set it against the struggle of class and gender of the 19th century. It's intimate book, a lesson in that youthful mistakes can be rectified as long as you're honest.