Persuasion

Jane Austen (1775-1817)

Original en 83233 words First published 1817 United Kingdom

Jane Austen's last completed novel, published posthumously in 1818 — her autumnal, most quietly moving book. Eight years ago, Anne Elliot was persuaded to refuse Captain Wentworth as poor and unpromising. He returns rich and famous, and cool; she must live on, unnoticed in her vain family, watching him court another woman. A story of second chances, written with a tenderness and regret Austen never risked before, and containing in its letters one of the most passionate resolutions in English fiction.

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Persuasion

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