Persuasion
by Jane Austen
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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 family.
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Persuasion
2009, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
in English
- Simon & Schuster paperback edition.
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"Includes detailed explanatory notes, an overview of key themes, and more"--Page 1 of cover.
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Persuasion tells the love story of Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth, whose sister rents Miss Elliot's father's house, after the Napoleonic Wars come to an end. The story is set in 1814. The book itself is Jane Austen's last published book, published posthumously in December of 1818.
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