Persuasion (Annotated): Annotated with a Detailed Biography, Literary Analysis, Added Essays, and Historical Context.

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PERSUASION, the timeless historical drama from Jane Austen. A beloved and widely read gothic romance novel.

“If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not of risk.”

Persuasion, Jane Austen’s final novel, tells the story of Anne Elliot, the quiet yet observant daughter of the conceited baronet, Sir Walter Elliot, who struggles with his finances and spends freely to maintain a favorable social status. At 27 years of age, Anne is still stinging from the decision she made at 18, when she was persuaded to break off an engagement to Frederick Wentworth, who was considered beneath her station. But when the circumstances of her family’s faltering finances bring the pair together after nearly eight years, Anne realizes she might have a chance to make things right after all.

Elegantly written with Austen’s signature grace and wit, Persuasion explores many classic themes, such as love, regret, self-discovery, social pressure, individual agency, societal expectations, duty, and more. An immediate and lasting sensation upon publication, Persuasion has withstood the test of time to earn its place as a beloved historical gothic romance novel, equally revered by both literary scholars and the reading public, in the years since.

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“You should have distinguished,” replied Anne. “You should not have suspected me now; the case is so different, and my age is so different. If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not of risk. When I yielded, I thought it was to duty, but no duty could be called in aid here. In marrying a man indifferent to me, all risk would have been incurred, and all duty violated.”

Presented in its original text to match the author’s singular vision, with a detailed author biography, literary analysis, essays about Victorian literature, and historical context, this classic historical novel will make the perfect gift to a friend, to a loved one, or to yourself.

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