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Persuasion Paperback - 2008
by Jane Austen
After the man whose proposal she had rejected returns from his long military tour at sea, Anne Elliot is forced to face the decision she had made eight years before, along with the man shes never stopped loving. Includes a new Afterword. Revised reissue.
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Written in her final illness, Persuasion is Jane Austen's finest novel.
Eight years ago, Anne Elliot bowed to pressure from her family and made the decision not to marry the man she loved, Captain Wentworth. Now circumstances have conspired to bring him back into her social circle and Anne finds her old feelings for him reignited. However, when they meet again Wentworth behaves as if they are strangers and seems more interested in her friend Louisa. In this, her final novel, Jane Austen tells the story of a love that endures the tests of time and society with humor, insight, and tenderness.
Eight years ago, Anne Elliot bowed to pressure from her family and made the decision not to marry the man she loved, Captain Wentworth. Now circumstances have conspired to bring him back into her social circle and Anne finds her old feelings for him reignited. However, when they meet again Wentworth behaves as if they are strangers and seems more interested in her friend Louisa. In this, her final novel, Jane Austen tells the story of a love that endures the tests of time and society with humor, insight, and tenderness.
Summary
Written in her final illness, Persuasion is Jane Austen's finest novel.Eight years ago Anne Elliot bowed to pressure from her family and made the decision not to marry the man she loved, Captain Wentworth. Now circumstances have conspired to bring him back into her social circle and Anne finds her old feelings for him reignited. However, when they meet again Wentworth behaves as if they are strangers and seems more interested in her friend Louisa. In this, her final novel, Jane Austen tells the story of a love that endures the tests of time and society with humour, insight and tenderness.
First Edition Identification
Persuasion was first published in 1818 in an edition with Northanger Abbey. London: John Murray, 1818
Details
- Title Persuasion
- Author Jane Austen
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 260
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage Classics
- Date 2008-09-02
- ISBN 9780099511175 / 0099511177
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 7.88 x 5.24 x 0.65 in (20.02 x 13.31 x 1.65 cm)
- Ages 07 to 10 years
- Grade levels 2 - 5
- Reading level 840
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: British
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects England, Psychological fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009290737
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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