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Persuasion

A Norton Critical Edition
By Jane Austen
Series: Norton Critical Editions
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This Norton Critical Edition includes: The first edition text of the novel (dated 1818, but likely issued in late 1817), accompanied by Rae Greiner's revised and expanded explanatory footnotes. The two cancelled chapters that compose the original ending of Persuasion. A rich selection of background material—all... Read More
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This Norton Critical Edition includes:

  • The first edition text of the novel (dated 1818, but likely issued in late 1817), accompanied by Rae Greiner's revised and expanded explanatory footnotes.
  • The two cancelled chapters that compose the original ending of Persuasion.
  • A rich selection of background material—all but one item new to the Third Edition—centering on the British navy, slavery, and colonialism, as well as Persuasion's initial reception.
  • Fourteen critical essays—all new to the Third Edition—centering on the novel's major themes.
  • A chronology of Austen's life and work and a selected bibliography.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781324070740

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 February 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Edition: Third Edition

Contributors:

  • Edited by Rae Greiner

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 305g

Pages: 368

Collections

Classic Fiction Classic General Fiction Fiction General Fiction Jane Austen Literary Fiction Series: Norton Critical Editions

About the Author

Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, in Steventon, Hampshire, in England. Her father, an Anglican clergyman, encouraged her literary pursuits from a young age and by her mid-twenties, Austen had drafted three novels. Following the success of Sense and Sensibility in 1811, she went on to publish Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815). Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were published posthumously in 1818. Despite her fondness for marriage plots–all six of her novels end in weddings–Austen never married, living with her mother and sister in the years leading up to her death. She died on July 18, 1817, in the city of Winchester. Over two centuries later, Austen’s novels remain beloved classics, and she is considered one of the foremost writers in English literary history. Rae Greiner is associate professor of English at Indiana University. She is the author of Sympathetic Realism in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction and the forthcoming Stupidity after Enlightenment. She is also coeditor of Victorian Studies.

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