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Persuasion

A Novel
By Jane Austen
Series: Vintage Classics
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Persuasion tells the poignant story of Anne Elliot, a woman of quiet charm and deep feelings, who years earlier was persuaded to break off her engagement to the dashing naval officer, Captain Wentworth. When Wentworth returns prosperous and still unmarried, their unresolved feelings and tangled pride create a richly emotional narrative set in the social world of Bath. This tale of second chances and enduring love is widely regarded as one of Jane Austen's most moving novels.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This classic is ideal for readers who enjoy timeless romantic fiction, subtle social commentary, and richly drawn characters. It suits those who appreciate Jane Austen's sharp wit and emotional nuance.

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Of all Jane Austen's great and delightful novels, Persuasion—the story of a second chance at true love—is widely regarded as the most moving.

Anne Elliot, daughter of the snobbish Sir Walter Elliot, is a woman of quiet charm and deep feelings. When she was nineteen, she fell in love with—and was engaged to—a naval officer, the fearless and headstrong Captain Wentworth. But the young man had no fortune, and Anne allowed herself to be persuaded to give him up.

Now, eight years later, Wentworth has returned to the neighbourhood, a rich man and still unwed. Anne's never-diminished love is muffled by her pride, and he seems cold and unforgiving.

What happens as the two are thrown together in the social world of Bath—and as an eager new suitor appears for Anne—is touchingly and wittily told in Persuasion, a masterpiece that is also one of the most entrancing novels in the English language.

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Critics praise Persuasion as Austen's most deeply felt work, often placing it at the pinnacle of her novels. Anne Elliot’s character is admired for her perfection, capturing the reader’s heart alongside Wentworth’s on their journey to reconciliation. The novel is celebrated for its emotional depth and enduring appeal.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780307386854

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 September 2007

Country: United States

Imprint: Vintage Books

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Brandon Taylor

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 210g

Pages: 288

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Classic Fiction Fiction General Fiction Jane Austen Literary Fiction Penguin Books Series: Vintage Classics

About the Author

Though the domain of Jane Austen's novels was as circumscribed as her life, her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language. Born the seventh child of the rector of Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, she was educated mainly at home. At an early age she began writing sketches and satires of popular novels for her family's entertainment. As a clergyman's daughter from a well-connected family, she had an ample opportunity to study the habits of the middle class, the gentry, and the aristocracy. At twenty-one, she began a novel called "The First Impressions" an early version of Pride and Prejudice. In 1801, on her father's retirement, the family moved to the fashionable resort of Bath. Two years later she sold the first version of Northanger Abby to a London publisher, but the first of her novels to appear was Sense and Sensibility, published at her own expense in 1811. It was followed by Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815). After her father died in 1805, the family first moved to Southampton then to Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Despite this relative retirement, Jane Austen was still in touch with a wider world, mainly through her brothers; one had become a very rich country gentleman, another a London banker, and two were naval officers. Though her many novels were published anonymously, she had many early and devoted readers, among them the Prince Regent and Sir Walter Scott. In 1816, in declining health, Austen wrote Persuasion and revised Northanger Abby, Her last work, Sandition, was left unfinished at her death on July 18, 1817. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Austen's identity as an author was announced to the world posthumously by her brother Henry, who supervised the publication of Northanger Abby and Persuasion in 1818.

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