PERSUASION

by Jane Austen

Overview

"...there could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison, no countenances so beloved."

Twenty-seven-year-old Anne Elliot lives with her pompous father and her snobbish older sister Elizabeth. Eight years prior, she was engaged to be married to Captain Frederick Wentworth, who was deemed an unworthy suitor by her father and sister, for his social rank.

She was persuaded to end the engagement, leaving Captain Wentworth quite disappointed.

Once the Napoleonic wars end, Frederick Wentworth returns from them with prize money and a higher rank. When Anne encounters him again, she realizes that her feelings for him run deep. But will Captain Wentworth, now an eligible bachelor and the talk of the town, choose her and be persuaded to give her a second chance? Or would he much rather prefer a fresh start?

Persuasion is as much a love story as it is a sharp satire and social commentary on the fickle nature of human behaviour.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789369897032
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers India
Publication date:	08/01/2025
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	172

About the Author

Jane Austen (1775–1817) was an English author known primarily for her six major novels set among the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Considered defining works of the Regency Era and counted among the best–loved classics of English literature, Austen's books include Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. The latter two were published after her death. "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library." – Jane Austen

Date of Birth:

December 16, 1775

Date of Death:

July 18, 1817

Place of Birth:

Village of Steventon in Hampshire, England

Place of Death:

Winchester, Hampshire, England

Education:

Taught at home by her father