PersuasionPenguin, 2008 M02 5 - 304 pages Featuring one of her most likeable characters, this sparkling love story set in a seaside resort is Jane Austen’s final finished work. “There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison.” Since Anne Elliot eight years ago rejected the marriage proposal of Captain Wentworth, a penniless naval officer, she has resigned herself to a quiet life at home, tending to the imagined needs of her spoiled sisters and vain father. But when Captain Wentworth reappears in their midst, having made his fortune at sea, Anne must ask herself whether she made the right decision—or allowed herself to be persuaded against her heart. Jane Austen’s last completed novel and her most optimistic and romantic work, Persuasion gives full scope to the author’s artistic powers, blending sharp wit and warm sympathy, stylistic brilliance and matchless insight. It is a story that affirms the lasting power of love and the rejuvenating power of hope. With an Introduction by Margaret Drabble and an Afterword by Diane Johnson |
Contents
Section 15 | 152 |
Section 16 | 160 |
Section 17 | 169 |
Section 18 | 177 |
Section 19 | 188 |
Section 20 | 201 |
Section 21 | 209 |
Section 22 | 220 |
Section 9 | 83 |
Section 10 | 93 |
Section 11 | 102 |
Section 12 | 114 |
Section 13 | 124 |
Section 14 | 143 |
Section 23 | 241 |
Section 24 | 259 |
Section 25 | 279 |
Section 26 | 285 |
Section 27 | 297 |
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