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Persuasion / Jane Austen ; edited with an introduction and notes by Gillian Beer.

Author/creator Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
Other author/creatorBeer, Gillian.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Penguin Classics, 2011.
Descriptionxxxvii, 250 pages ; 21 cm.
Supplemental Content Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content Publisher description
Subject(s)
Rejection (Psychology)--Fiction.
Motherless families--Fiction.
Ship captains--Fiction.
Young women--Fiction.
Romance fiction
England--Fiction.
Series Penguin classics
Penguin classics. ^A229330
Contents The Penguin edition of the novels of Jane Austen -- Chronology -- Introductiion -- Further reading -- Note on the text -- Persuasion -- Volume one -- Volume two -- Emendations to the text -- Notes.
Abstract Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [xxxv]).
Genre/formPsychological fiction.
ISBN9780141197692 (cloth : hc) :
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