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Persuasion

Persuasion

by Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

BookID: 105

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 64.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- FictionPsychological fictionYoung women -- FictionMotherless families -- Fiction

Description

"Persuasion" by Jane Austen is a novel published in 1817. Eight years after being persuaded to break off her engagement to naval officer Frederick Wentworth, twenty-seven-year-old Anne Elliot encounters him again when his sister rents her family's estate. Now wealthy and eligible, Wentworth mingles with Anne's social circle while she quietly observes, her feelings unchanged. As misunderstandings unfold and new attachments form, the story explores whether second chances at love are possible when pride and past regrets stand between two hearts. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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