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Author:

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xxxvi, 251 pages ; 20 cm

Subject:

Young women--Fiction.
Rejection (Psychology)--Fiction.
Motherless families--Fiction.
Ship captains--Fiction.
England--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Romance fiction.
Psychological fiction.

Other Authors:

Beer, Gillian, writer of introduction. writer of introduction.

Notes:

"First published 1818. Published in Penguin Classics 1998. Reissued with new Chronology, updated Further Reading 2003. Reissued with an updated Further Reading 2015"--Title page verso.

Contents:

Introduction -- Chronology -- Further reading -- The novels of Jane Austen -- Persuasion -- Note on the text -- Emendations to the text -- Notes.

Summary:

Anne Elliot lives at Kellynch Hall with her family, but when financial struggles set in they decide to move. Then her life is forever changed as she is reunited with Wentworth, a past fiancé who she never married. Through her journey, Anne may find that what she has been looking for was right in front of her the whole time.

ISBN:

0141439688
9780141439686

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1006647838

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)