Written during Jane Austen’s race against failing health, Persuasion tells the story of Anne Elliot, a woman who – at twenty-seven – is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years ago, she was persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank. When Anne and Frederick meet again, he has acquired both, but still feels the sting of her rejection. A brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, Austen’s last completed novel is also a movingly told love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities.
Author: Jane Austen
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 06/28/2011
Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.37h x 5.68w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780143106289
Language: English
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