Persuasion
(Book)
Author:
Contributors:
Thomson, Hugh, 1860-1920, illustrator.
Published:
New York : Book-of-the-Month-Club, c1996.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
227 pages : ill. ; 21 cm.
Lexile measure:
1120L
Status:
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.
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
Hamden/Miller Adult Fiction
FIC/AUSTEN
Due Apr 30, 2024
More Details
Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 12, 19 Points
Level 12, 19 Points
Lexile measure:
1120
Notes
General Note
First published: 1817.
General Note
"This edition was especially created in 1996 for Book-of-the- Month Club."
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Austen, J., & Thomson, H. (1996). Persuasion. New York, Book-of-the-Month-Club.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 and Hugh Thomson. 1996. Persuasion. New York, Book-of-the-Month-Club.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 and Hugh Thomson, Persuasion. New York, Book-of-the-Month-Club, 1996.
MLA Citation (style guide)Austen, Jane and Hugh Thomson. Persuasion. New York, Book-of-the-Month-Club, 1996.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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