Bibliograph

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

Type

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxv])

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Persuasion

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

795535826

Responsibility statement

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

Series statement

Penguin classics

Summary

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

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