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Persuasion
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Persuasion Hardcover - 2005

by Austen, Jane

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  • Title Persuasion
  • Author Austen, Jane
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 7th Print
  • Condition New
  • Pages 249
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Barnes & Noble, Incorporated, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date August 1, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 14263581-75
  • ISBN 9781593083588 / 1593083580
  • Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.9 x 1.1 in (21.59 x 14.99 x 2.79 cm)
  • Ages 07 to 10 years
  • Grade levels 2 - 5
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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About this book

Written in her final illness, Persuasion is Jane Austen's finest novel.

Eight years ago, Anne Elliot bowed to pressure from her family and made the decision not to marry the man she loved, Captain Wentworth. Now circumstances have conspired to bring him back into her social circle and Anne finds her old feelings for him reignited. However, when they meet again Wentworth behaves as if they are strangers and seems more interested in her friend Louisa. In this, her final novel, Jane Austen tells the story of a love that endures the tests of time and society with humor, insight, and tenderness. 

Summary

Written in her final illness, Persuasion is Jane Austen's finest novel.Eight years ago Anne Elliot bowed to pressure from her family and made the decision not to marry the man she loved, Captain Wentworth. Now circumstances have conspired to bring him back into her social circle and Anne finds her old feelings for him reignited. However, when they meet again Wentworth behaves as if they are strangers and seems more interested in her friend Louisa. In this, her final novel, Jane Austen tells the story of a love that endures the tests of time and society with humour, insight and tenderness.

First Edition Identification

Persuasion was first published in 1818 in an edition with Northanger Abbey.  London: John Murray, 1818

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