Persuasion
of Jane Austen, Deidre Shauna Lynch (Introduction), James Kinsley (Editor)
Description
Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. All the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love?Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory, 2 inches square. Readers of Persuasion will discover that neither her skill for delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp focus lens to English manners and morals has deserted her in her final finished work.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 249 pages
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Publication Date 03/18/04
- First Publication 12/28/18
- Language English
- ISBN 9780192802637
- Edition Oxford World's Classics
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Somersetshire, England (United Kingdom)', 'Lyme Regis, England (United Kingdom)', 'Bath, Somerset, England (United Kingdom)']
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