May 2014 Guest Editor Daisy Goodwin on Persuasion...
I love Jane Austen with a deep and enduring passion, and I think the story of Anne Elliott’s second chance is possibly my favourite. The way that she revives as a character like a flower soaking up water is quite miraculous. It is also has a plot of clockwork perfection. I read this book at least once a year and I always find something new to marvel at.
The Lovereading view...
Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis and Bath, Persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, but, above all, it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. In her introduction, Gillian Beer discusses Austen's portrayal of the double-edged nature of persuasion and the clash between old and new worlds. This edition also includes a new chronology and full textual notes.
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More than eight years prior to the novel's start, Anne Elliot was persuaded to break off her engagement to a young naval officer. Now he has returned to her life, a wealthy captain, and has his eye on marrying an eligible young womanbut not, under any circumstance, Anne.Laced with Austen's trademark wit, and inventive consideration of the state of women in the period, Persuasion is a classic novel of manners. It was her last novel to be published, though she began it early in her career and it has connections to her first book, Northanger Abbey.Random House of Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in ebook form, with the highest quality production values.
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More than eight years prior to the novel's start, Anne Elliot was persuaded to break off her engagement to a young naval officer. Now he has returned to her life, a wealthy captain, and has his eye on marrying an eligible young womanbut not, under any circumstance, Anne.Laced with Austen's trademark wit, and inventive consideration of the state of women in the period, Persuasion is a classic novel of manners.
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Persuasion was written by Jane Austen and published by McClelland & Stewart
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