Persuasion

Introduction and Notes by Elaine Jordan, Reader in Literature, University of Essex.

What does persuasion mean – a firm belief, or the action of persuading someone to think something else? Anne Elliot is one of Austen’s quietest heroines, but also one of the strongest and the most open to change. She lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of accident, adventure, the making of new fortunes and alliances.

A woman of no importance, she manoeuvres in her restricted circumstances as her long-time love Captain Wentworth did in the wars. Even though she is nearly thirty, well past the sell-by bloom of youth, Austen makes her win out for herself and for others like herself, in a regenerated society.

Author: Jane Austen
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Published: 06/05/1993
Series: Wordsworth Classics
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.42d
ISBN: 9781853260568
Language: English

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