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Persuasion
Published: 2018-11-06
Paperback: 150 pages
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Persuasion is the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen. It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death.The story concerns Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to lower their expenses and get out of debt, at the same time as the wars come to an end,...
Persuasion (Dover Thrift Editions)
Published: 1997-04-24
Paperback: 192 pages
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First published in 1818, Persuasion was Jane Austen's last work. Its mellow character and autumnal tone have long made it a favorite with Austen readers. Set in Somersetshire and Bath, the novel revolves around the lives and love affair of Sir Walter Elliot, his daughters Elizabeth, Anne, ...
Persuasion (Norton Critical Editions)
Published: 1994-12-17
Paperback: 336 pages
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Austen's last novel is the crowning achievement of her matchless career. Her heroine, Anne Elliot, a woman of integrity, breeding and great depth of emotion, stands in stark contrast to the brutality and hypocrisy of Regency England. Includes a new Introduction by Margaret Drabble, famed novelist and...
Persuasion (Oxford World's Classics)
Published: 2004
Paperback: 0 pages
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Persuasion (Penguin Classics)
Published: 2003-04-29
Paperback: 272 pages
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Jane Austen's last completed novel, marrying witty social realism to a Cinderella love storyAt twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Went...
Persuasion (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jane Austen)
Published: 2006-08-28
Hardcover: 480 pages
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Persuasion (Tor Classics)
Published: 1999-10-15
Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
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When Anne Elliot falls in love with a handsome and charming young man, she must make a wrenching decision. The man she loves is perfect in every way...except one: he lacks the wealth and social status that would make him a suitable match for Anne. At least, that is what friends and family ...
Persuasion, Jane Austen
Published: 1997
Hardcover: 281 pages
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Persuasion: An Annotated Edition
Published: 2011-11-07
Hardcover: 360 pages
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Published posthumously with Northanger Abbey in 1817, Persuasion crowns Jane Austen's remarkable career. It is her most passionate and introspective love story. This richly illustrated and annotated edition brings her last completed novel to life with previously unmatched vitality. In the ...
The Pesthouse
Published: 2007-05-01
Hardcover: 255 pages
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Jim Crace is a writer of spectacular originality and a command of language that moves a reader effortlessly into the world of his imagination. In The Pesthouse he imagines an America of the future where a man and a woman trek across a devastated and dangerous landscape, finding strength in...
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