Persuasion
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Published:
New York : Modern Library, 1995.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1995 Modern Library ed.
Physical Desc:
vi, 184 pages ; 21 cm.
Lexile measure:
1120L
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Description
"Published one year after its author's death in 1818, "Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel. On its most basic level, the book is a love story. On another level, it is a deft exploration of human foibles and social flux. 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 navel officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is "unworthy." The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. All the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Wiil Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love? Jane Austen once compared her writing to painting "on a little bit of ivory, 2 inches square." Readers of "Persuasion" will discover that neither her skill for delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp-focus lens to English manners and morals has deserted her in her final finished work."--Jacket.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0679601910 (acid-free paper) :
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 12, 19 Points
Lexile measure:
1120
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APA Citation (style guide)

Austen, J. (1995). Persuasion. 1995 Modern Library ed. New York, Modern Library.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. 1995. Persuasion. New York, Modern Library.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Austen, Jane, 1775-1817, Persuasion. New York, Modern Library, 1995.

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Austen, Jane. Persuasion. 1995 Modern Library ed. New York, Modern Library, 1995.

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