Name: Persuasion
SKU: 50469197
Price: 22.84 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Jane Austen
ISBN: 9781528706179

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jane Austen

Publisher

Read & Co. Classics

Language

English

Pages

246

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x14x1.4 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9781528706179

Synopsis "Persuasion "

Anne Elliot is 27-years-old and wildly unhappy, but when a past lover unexpectedly returns to her life, so does her hope. Jane Austen's last completed novel, Persuasion, is a story of lost love and second chances. Published in 1817, six months after Austen's death, Persuasion is a humourous novel written in the author's well-known ironic voice, but steeped with heartfelt emotion. Overlooked by her precocious older sister and arrogant father, Anne Elliot is the eldest of Austen's heroines and spends most of her life in the shadows. Eight years before we meet Anne, she was persuaded to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, her true love, and now she has all but given up on her dream of a happy ending. When Anne's family find themselves on the brink of bankruptcy due to Mr Elliot's absurd spending, they are forced to move to a smaller house. The Elliots rent their estate to an Admiral and his wife, whose brother turns out to be Frederick Wentworth, Anne's lost love. Now a successful navy officer, Wentworth is still unwed, but appears unforgiving. Anne is kind and intelligent, but often lets her pride get the better of her despite her unwavering love for the Captain. Will the pair be able to rekindle their old flame? Read & Co. Classics is proud to have republished this timeless love story, now in a beautiful new edition. Persuasion is not to be missed by collectors of Austen's work or fans of romance.

Jane Austen

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She was a British novelist who lived during the Georgian era. She was born in the rectory of Steventon (Hampshire). Her family belonged to the British gentry (rural nobility or agrarian bourgeoisie), a context she never left and in which she set all her works, always revolving around the marriage of her protagonist.

She has been portrayed in cinema on numerous occasions, sometimes faithfully reproduced, like the 1940 classic Pride and Prejudice directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier, and other times adapted to modern times, as is the case with Clueless, a loose adaptation of Emma. Other versions include Sense and Sensibility from 1995; Mansfield Park from 2000; and Pride and Prejudice in 2004 (directed by Gurinder Chadha) and in 2005 (directed by Joe Wright). However, the most faithful and perfect version of the book Pride and Prejudice to date is the series presented by the BBC starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. The interest that Jane Austen's work continues to arouse today shows the relevance of her thought and the influence she has had on subsequent literature. Her life has also been portrayed in film with the movie Becoming Jane (2007)

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