Persuasion (Penguin English Library)

by JaneAusten (Author)

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  Paperback
  2012

  $10.01

  The Penguin English Library Edition of Persuasion by Jane Austen. 'Her attachment and regrets had, for a long time, clouded every enjoyment of youth; and an early loss of bloom and spirits had been their lasting effect'. Persuasion , Jane Austen's last novel, is a moving, masterly and 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 contains 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

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  Paperback
  2011

  $3.25

  Anne, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, who, though promising, had poor family connections. When her father rents out the family estate to Admiral Croft, Anne is thrown into company with Frederick again who is now a rich, successful Captain. Will he and Anne rekindle the old flame?

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  Hardcover
  1949

  $9.34

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  Paperback
  2007

  $12.59

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  Hardcover
  1992

  $15.55

  This complete and unabridged edition contains a biography of the author and a new introduction and afterword. Anne falls in love with Wentworth, who had nothing but himself to recommend him, and no hopes of attaining influence, so persuaded by friends and family she breaks off the match and sends him away. Years later, he returns, is it too late?