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Persuasion is a novel by Jane Austen in which the 27-year-old Anne Russell, who broke off a youthful engagement with Captain Frederick Wentworth, reconciles with him before the two again become engaged.

Years after their engagement, Anne and Wentworth... Read Full Overview

Of all Jane Austen's great and delightful novels, Persuasion--the story of a second chance at true love--is widely regarded as the most moving.

Published posthumously with Northanger Abbey in 1817, this title crowns Jane Austen's remarkable career. It is her most passionate and introspective love story. It offers running commentary on the novel (conveniently placed alongside Austen's text) to explain difficult words,... Read Full Overview

First published in 1818, Persuasion was Jane Austen's last work. Its mellow character and autumnal tone have long made it a favorite with Austen readers. Set in Somersetshire and Bath, the novel revolves around the lives and love affair of Sir Walter Elliot, his daughters... Read Full Overview

Jane Austen's Persuasion is now available in an exclusive collector's edition featuring a delicate laser-cut jacket on a textured book with foil stamping and ribbon marker, ideal for fiction lovers and book collectors alike. The Persuasion Jane Austen Collection Edition: Presents... Read Full Overview

Persuasion (1817) is the final novel written by English author Jane Austen-and the first to be attributed to her name. Persuasion was published posthumously to widespread critical acclaim, and has since been recognized as an understated and mature work of fiction... Read Full Overview

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

This special edition invites fans inside the world of Anne Elliot. It includes the full text of Persuasion, plus gorgeous, removable replicas of the characters' letters and other paper ephemera.

Of all Jane Austen's great and delightful novels, Persuasion is widely regarded as the most moving--the entrancing story of a second chance at love.

Persuasion celebrates romantic constancy in an era of turbulent change. Written as the Napoleonic Wars were ending, the novel examines how a woman can at once remain faithful to her past and still move forward into the future. Anne Elliot seems to have given up on present happiness... Read Full Overview

La ltima y conmovedora novela de Jane Austen, publicada p stumamente en 1818

Traducci n de M. Ortega y Gasset

Persuasi n narra la historia de Anne, una mujer madura, sensible y menospreciada, que a os despu s de dejarse... Read Full Overview

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