{"product_id":"persuasion-9781803968377","title":"Persuasion","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jane Austen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Intell World Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Intell World Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.\" ― Jane Austen, Persuasion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersuasion is the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen. It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death. Persuasion has been the subject of several adaptations, including four \u003cem\u003emade-for-television adaptation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003etheatre productions\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eradio broadcasts\u003c\/em\u003e, and other literary works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story concerns Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of twenty-seven years, whose family moves to lower their expenses and reduce their debt by renting their home to an Admiral and his wife. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wife's brother, Navy Captain Frederick Wentworth, was engaged to Anne in 1806, but the engagement was broken when Anne was \"persuaded\" by her friends and family to end their relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Anne and Captain Wentworth, both single and unattached, meet again after a seven-year separation, setting the scene for many humorous encounters as well as a second, well-considered chance at love and marriage for Anne in her second \"bloom\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel was well-received in the early 19th century, but its greater fame came later in the century and continued into the 20th and 21st centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch scholarly debate on Austen's work has since been published. Anne Elliot is noteworthy among Austen's heroines for her relative maturity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Persuasion was Austen's last completed work, it is accepted as her most maturely written novel, showing a refinement of literary conception indicative of a woman approaching forty years\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eage. Her use of free indirect discourse in narrative was in full evidence by 1816.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA True Classic that Belongs on Every Bookshelf!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Intell World Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45131924766871,"sku":"9781803968377","price":1392.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781803968377.webp?v=1768555866","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/persuasion-9781803968377","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}