Jane Austen’s final completed work, ‘Persuasion’, is the story of Anne Elliot and her love for Frederick Wentworth. After being persuaded to break off the engagement, Anne resigns herself to living off her memories. However, years later she meets Wentworth once more, and she starts to believe in second chances.
Persuasion
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The Penguin English Library Edition of Persuasion by Jane Austen
‘Her attachment and regrets had, for a long time, clouded every enjoyment of youth; and an early loss of bloom and spirits had been their lasting effect’
Persuasion, Jane Austen’s last novel, is a moving, masterly and elegiac love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. It tells the story of Anne Elliot, who, persuaded to break off her engagement to the man she loved because he was not successful enough, has never forgotten him. When he returns, he brings with him a tantalizing second chance of happiness …
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Additional information
| Weight | 0.191 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.7 × 12.9 × 1.1 cm |
| Book_author | Austen, Jane |
| Publisher | Penguin Classics |
| Imprint | Penguin Classics |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 255 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | |
| Dewey | 823.7 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
