Jane Austen's final novel is her most mature & wickedly satirical It follows the story of Anne Elliott who as a teenager was engaged to a seemingly ideal man Frederick Wentworth But after being persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that he is too poor to be a suitable match Anne ends their engagement When they are reacquainted eight years later their circumstances are transformed Frederick is returning triumphantly from the Napoleonic War while Anne's fortunes are floundering Will their past regrets prevent them from finding future happiness? Gorgeously illustrated by Hugh Thomson this Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Persuasion also

Includes:: an afterword by author & critic Henry Hitchings Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure

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Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series this edition of Persuasion is thoroughly edited & extensively annotated &

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Harper Collins is proud to present its range of best-loved essential classics She had been forced into prudence in her youth she learned romance as she grew older the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning' Written at the end of the Napoleonic Wars Persuasion is a tale of love heartache & the determination of one woman as she strives to reignite a lost love Anne Elliot is persuaded by her friends & family to reject a marriage proposal from Captain Wentworth because he lacks in fortune & rank More than seven years later when he returns home from the Navy Anne realises she still has strong feelings for him but Wentworth only appears to have eyes for a friend of Anne's Moving tender but intrinsically Austen' in style with it's satirical portrayal of the vanity of society in eighteenth-century England Persuasion celebrates enduring love & hope ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LYNNE TRUSSThe Vintage Classics Austen series is designed by the writer & illustrator Leanne Shapton & introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers & Austen fans Alexander Mc Call Smith Lynne Truss Amanda Vickery Francesca Segal PD James & Andrew Motion ' It is a sort of private novel In the heroine Anne Elliot we have glimpses of Austen & what happened to her; the lost romance & the lost youth' Julian Fellowes Eight years ago Anne Elliot bowed to pressure from her family & made the decision not to marry the man she loved Captain Wentworth Now circumstances have conspired to bring him back into her social circle & Anne finds her old feelings for him reignited However when they meet again Wentworth behaves as if they are strangers & 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 & society with humour insight & tenderness ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play BBC adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen Anne Elliot (Amanda Root) has spent years regretting her rejection of Captain Wentworth (Ciarán Hinds)&s marriage proposal When he returns from sea they meet but instead of finding romance are kept apart through a series of misunderstandings Anne is being pursued by her cousin Mr Elliot (Samuel West) while Wentworth is now regarded as a very eligible bachelor Will their new circumstances continue to prevent them from reuniting? ...

Introduction & Notes by Elaine Jordan Reader in Literature University of Essex What does persuasion mean
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Her last completed novel marrying witty social realism to a ' Cinderella' love story Jane Austen's Persuasion is edited with an introduction by Gillian Beer in Penguin Classics Anne Elliot twenty-seven & still single seems destined for spinsterhood In her youth she broke off an engagement to penniless Captain Wentworth at the insistence of her friend Lady Russell acquiescing to the demands of her class at the expense of her happiness But when Wentworth returns from the Napoleonic wars rich & famous Anne finds her affection rekindled
- even though Wentworth seems more interested in Anne's friend Louisa Musgrove Set in the fashionable societies of Lyme Regis & Bath Persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity & 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 & the clash between old & new worlds This edition also

Includes:: a new chronology & full textual notes Jane Austen (1775-1817) was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most famous women writers Austen began writing at a young age embarking on what is possibly her best-known work Pride & Prejudice at the age of 22 She was the author of Sense & Sensibility Pride & Prejudice Emma Persuasion Mansfield Park & Northanger Abbey If you liked Persuasion you may enjoy George Eliot's Middlemarch also available in Penguin Classics The most perfect artist among women the writer whose books are immortal (Virginia Woolf)


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The Penguin English Library Edition of Persuasion by Jane Austen' Her attachment & regrets had for a long time clouded every enjoyment of youth; & an early loss of bloom & spirits had been their lasting effect' Persuasion Jane Austen's last novel is a moving masterly & elegiac love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities It tells the story of Anne Elliot who persuaded to break off her engagement to the man she loved because he was not successful enough has never forgotten him When he returns he brings with him a tantalizing second chance of happiness The Penguin English Library
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play TV adaptation of Jane Austen&s novel Anne Elliott (Sally Hawkins) has spent years regretting her rejection of Captain Wentworth (Rupert Penry-Jones)&s proposal of marriage her family having been against the match on grounds of class When he returns from sea they meet but instead of finding romance are kept apart through a series of misunderstandings Anne is being pursued by her cousin Mr Elliott (Tobias Menzies) while Captain Wentworth is regarded as a very eligible bachelor & has a stream of young women with marriage in mind beating a path to his door ...

BBC adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen Anne Elliot (Amanda Root) has spent years regretting her rejection of Captain Wentworth (Ciaran Hinds)&s marriage proposal When he returns from sea they meet but instead of finding romance are kept apart through a series of misunderstandings Anne is being pursued by her cousin Mr Elliot (Samuel West) while Wentworth is now regarded as a very eligible bachelor Will their new circumstances continue to prevent them from reuniting? ...