Persuasion /

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.

Persuasion / Jane Austen ; supplementary materials written by Kathleen Helal. - Simon & Schuster paperback edition. - New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009. - xviii, 345 pages ; 18 cm. - Simon & Schuster enriched classic .

"Includes detailed explanatory notes, an overview of key themes, and more"--Page 1 of cover.

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 family.

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Rejection (Psychology)--Fiction.
Motherless families--Fiction.
Ship captains--Fiction.
Young women--Fiction.


England--Fiction.


Psychological fiction.
Love stories.

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