Persuasion

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persuasion_(novel) Release date is 1994-02-01

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"Persuasion" by Jane Austen is a novel published in 1817. Eight years after being persuaded to break off her engagement to naval officer Frederick Wentworth, twenty-seven-year-old Anne Elliot encounters him again when his sister rents her family's estate. Now wealthy and eligible, Wentworth mingles with Anne's social circle while she quietly observes, her feelings unchanged. As misunderstandings unfold and new attachments form, the story explores whether second chances at love are possible when pride and past regrets stand between two hearts. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



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