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Persuasion

Jane Austen

Persuasion

Paper book: €33.99

Digital: €14.99

Original publication
1817
Pages
638
Difficulty
Medium
Genres
Romance
Moods
Fall in love, Be moved to tears, Savour the writing
Translated from
English

Book summary

Eight years ago, on the advice of those close to her, Anne Elliot gave up marrying Frederick Wentworth, a young naval officer with no fortune. Now her father, ruined by his vanity, has to let the family estate. And Wentworth returns, now a captain, rich and much sought after. Anne sees him again and again, but nothing is ever said openly.

Jane Austen's last completed novel tells of a second chance at love, with the subtlety and irony that made her famous.

Its witty dialogue and endearing heroine make it an enjoyable read in the language you are learning.

The plot

An officer silently helps the woman who left him. Anne Elliot is nursing her little nephew. Captain Wentworth is there too: he is the naval officer she gave up marrying eight years earlier. The child’s little brother…

The world of the book

England in 1814, after the war. The story begins in 1814, as England’s war against Napoleon’s France comes to an end. Naval officers return home, often made rich by the enemy ships they have captured. Anne’s father…

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