Persuasion

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Random House, Dec 5, 2008 - Fiction - 272 pages

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'In Persuasion, Jane Austen picks up the pen to tell us who we are and what we want' Independent

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.

 

Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
25
Section 3
40
Section 4
51
Section 5
61
Section 6
71
Section 7
119
Section 8
127
Section 9
189
Section 10
209
Section 11
226
Section 12
245
Section 13
250

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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2008)

Jane Austen was born in Steventon rectory on 16th December 1775. Her family later moved to Bath and then to Chawton in Hampshire. She wrote from a young age and Pride and Prejudice was begun when she was twenty-two years old. It was originally called First Impressions. It was initially rejected by the published she submitted it too and eventually published in 1813 after much revision. All four of her novels published in her lifetime were published anonymously. Jane Austen died on 18th July 1817. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were published posthumously.

Bibliographic information

TitlePersuasion
Vintage classics
AuthorJane Austen
PublisherRandom House, 2008
ISBN1407016210, 9781407016214
Length272 pages
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