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'She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.' Anne Elliot seems to have given up on present happiness and has resigned herself to living off her memories. More than seven years earlier she complied with duty: persuaded to view the match as imprudent and improper, she broke off her engagement to a naval captain with neither fortune, ancestry, nor prospects. However, when peacetime arrives and brings the Navy home, and Anne encounters Captain Wentworth once more, she starts to believe in second chances. Persuasion celebrates romantic constancy in an era of turbulent change. Written as the Napoleonic Wars were ending, the novel examines how a woman can at once remain faithful to her past and still move forward into the future. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. .

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Deidre Shauna Lynch is the author of The Economy of Character: Novels, Market Culture, and the Business of Inner Meaning (1998) and editor of Janeites: Austen's Disciples and Devotees (2000). an anthology of critical essays on the history of Austen's readerships.

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Deidre Shauna Lynch is the author of The Economy of Character: Novels, Market Culture, and the Business of Inner Meaning (1998) and editor of Janeites: Austen's Disciples and Devotees (2000). an anthology of critical essays on the history of Austen's readerships.

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    Paper Mill Press is proud to present a timeless collection of unabridged literary classics to a twenty-first century audience. Each original master work is reimagined into a sophisticated yet modern format with custom suede-like metallic foiled covers.

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    Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 at Steventon near Basingstoke, the seventh child of the rector of the parish. She lived with her family at Steventon until they moved to Bath when her father retired in 1801. After his death in 1805, she moved around with her mother; in 1809, they settled in Chawton, near Alton, Hampshire. Here she remained, except for a few visits to London, until in May 1817 she moved to Winchester to be near her doctor. There she died on July 18, 1817. As a girl Jane Austen wrote stories, including burlesques of popular romances. Her works were only published after much revision, four novels being published in her lifetime. These are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma(1816). Two other novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, were published posthumously in 1818 with a biographical notice by her brother, Henry Austen, the first formal announcement of her authorship. Persuasion was written in a race against failing health in 1815-16. She also left two earlier compositions, a short epistolary novel, Lady Susan, and an unfinished novel, The Watsons. At the time of her death, she was working on a new novel, Sanditon, a fragmentary draft of which survives.

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Sue Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars timeless classic
Reviewed in Australia on 16 May 2022
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I could read this over and over. A true gem. What a beautiful author Jane was. Exceptional storyline and great characters.
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Dallass
5.0 out of 5 stars A classic for a reason.
Reviewed in Australia on 21 September 2022
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I’d meant to read the paperback, but am thankful for the Kindle as my eyes weren’t up to reading the teeny tiny text today. Now, I have a vague recollection of starting this years ago - and not enjoying it as much as her other books, but after watching the Netflix movie I was itching to pick this up - and I’m so glad I gave this another go.

This is very much a slow burn of a novel. You see things unfold mainly from Anne’s perspective, little from Wentworth, and snippets from other characters. The tension waxes and wanes over the coarse of the book as Anne and Wentworth come back into each other’s lives and try to deal with this. The characters were enjoyable, the plot simple (but executed deftly), and I binged this in one sitting. With age comes experience and perspective, and Persuasion truly is a story for those who have experienced the bitter and sweet life has to offer.
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Jollop
4.0 out of 5 stars Maturity
Reviewed in Australia on 19 April 2021
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The book was published following the author’s death and this provided justification for the reader’s view that Persuasion was much more mature offering than P&P. The heroine is a mature young woman who is aware of the foibles of many of those around her particularly those of her immediate family.Her observations of class and gender divisions are quite distinctive here.
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Gemma Styles
5.0 out of 5 stars One of Austens best.
Reviewed in Australia on 3 September 2018
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One of Austens best. I was completely entralled from beginning to end.
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Asokasanity
5.0 out of 5 stars Smiles abounded
Reviewed in Australia on 5 August 2018
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A second or third perusal and the social comedy remains intact. History to learn and words to look up, Jane Austen delights me still
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Barbara C. Owens
4.0 out of 5 stars still you read on and enjoy —- as before
Reviewed in Australia on 8 July 2018
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You know what it will be about, you know how it will end, still you read on and enjoy —- as before.
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Geraldine Pragnell
5.0 out of 5 stars Jane Austen Greatest Writer
Reviewed in Australia on 16 December 2016
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My personal favourite of this sublime author
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1.0 out of 5 stars NOT AUTHENTIC—UNREADABLE, PIRATED VERSION
Reviewed in Australia on 9 February 2020
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DO NOT PURCHASE this version of Persuasion! Although the cover purports to be an “Oxford World’s Classic,” it is a pirated version and a shocking English translation of a classic novel written in 1818. The first line in this version reads, “Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, turned into a man who, for his personal entertainment, by no means took up any ebook but the Baronetage...”. This first paragraph concludes with: “This was the webpage at which the favourite extent continually opened...”. The outrage that this is incomprehensible English can only be topped by the references to an “ebook” and “web page.” A quick look through subsequent pages reveals it is equally ridiculous, full of anachronisms, misspellings and the most obtuse syntax imaginable. TOTAL FAKE AND A RIP-OFF!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love it
Reviewed in Mexico on 19 October 2021
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Milena Maria
5.0 out of 5 stars Edição belíssima
Reviewed in Brazil on 5 July 2021
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Eu fiquei tão feliz com essa edição, Persuasão é meu livro preferido. Valeu muito a pena, a única coisa que me desagrada nessa edição é as folhas brancas, mas mesmo assim não estragou minha experiência com o livro.
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Reviewed in Brazil on 5 July 2021
Eu fiquei tão feliz com essa edição, Persuasão é meu livro preferido. Valeu muito a pena, a única coisa que me desagrada nessa edição é as folhas brancas, mas mesmo assim não estragou minha experiência com o livro.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fast Shipping
Reviewed in the Netherlands on 30 May 2023
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Really good book! It arrived in a great condition and it arrived within a few days of ordering it!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A favourite to always come back to.
Reviewed in Germany on 9 October 2022
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The quiet, deep, longing romance between Anne and Frederick just feels like coming home.
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Pooja
5.0 out of 5 stars So glad I gave it a second chance.
Reviewed in Canada on 13 August 2020
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I remember when I was in high school, I had to read Persuasion for my English project. I opened it, tried the first few lines, got bored, closed it and got all I needed from spark notes. Then I forgot all about it. I’m ashamed to admit that was my first encounter with Jane Austen. It was only years later that I would come across her work again. This time in a form of a miniseries of Pride and Prejudice by BBC. And I was blown away. I fell in love with her characters, her setting, and wanted more. I binged through all the movie adaptions of her work I could find. Persuasion was pretty good, it didn’t come close to P&P in my eyes. But now that I’ve finally read it, the book really does deserves a better film adaption. It’s such a mature and surprisingly relatable story. Timeless even.
At nineteen Anne Elliot was persuaded by her good friend and family to reject Fredrick Wentworth’s hand because while she was a baronet’s daughter, he was a nobody enlisted in the navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Dishearten, he left and they don’t see or write to each other for the next 8 years. Now he’s a successful Navy Captain, rich from the war, looking for a wife while she’s doomed to spinsterhood, having lost her former beauty. Her father’s finances aren’t in good shape either thanks to his extravagant lifestyle and they're forced to rent out their ancestral home and downsize. Guess who their new tenants are? Wentworth’s older sister and her husband. And that brings Anne and Wentworth face to face again years later. His indifference to her cuts deeper than his anger would have and Anne endeavours to act and be unaffected. But as the story goes on, Jane Austen slowly brings these two heartbroken souls together and it’s utterly beautiful to read. We learn his side of the story, and understand his reservations in persuading her again. The ending, his letter and response to her claims that a women loves even after all hope is gone, is so romantic. I honestly can’t decide who I love more between Captain Wentworth and Mr. Darcy. Thankfully I get to enjoy both!
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