Persuasion by Jane Austen is a moving, character-driven love story set in England at the beginning of the 19th century.Anne Elliot has lost the bloom of youth, being twenty-seven. At the age of nineteen, her surrogate mother, Lady Russell, persuaded her to give up her one true love, as his prospects were poor. Now a success, Captain Wentworth, is back from the sea. Can he win Anne’s hand or will he marry the younger Louisa Musgrove? And, will Anne even want him back?
Persuasion, Austen’s final novel, will appeal to those who enjoy regency romance as well as to readers of English literature and historical fiction. Read alikes include: Captain Wentworth’s Diary by Amanda Grange, Bridget Jones, The Edge of Reason by Henry Fielding, The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman.
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