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Persuasion by Jane Austen
Jane Austen'slast completed novel, a brilliantly insightful story of regret, second chances, and the courage to follow our heartsAnne Elliot is twenty-seven and unmarried-by all accounts a spinster in her time-seemingly doomed to spend the rest of her life waiting on her image-obsessed father and extravagant older sister; attempting to maintain their once lavish, now dwindling family estate; and occasionally babysitting the children of her married younger sister.
It wasn't always this way, though. When Anne was nineteen, she was in love with and engaged to Frederick Wentworth, a man with no money and few prospects. Anne's well-meaning family and friends convinced her that a young heiress like herself could do better, so she broke off the engagement. But when chance brings Wentworth and Anne together again eight years later, he is now an accomplished naval captain with an impressive fortune, and Anne must face her feelings for him that remain and consider how different her life could have been if only she hadn't been so easily persuaded by others.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780375757297 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375757295 |
| Title | Persuasion |
| Author | Jane Austen |
| Series | Modern Library Torchbearers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2001-06-12 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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