Persuasion

Jane Austen's final novel is her most mature and wickedly satirical. It follows the story of Anne Elliott, who as a teenager, was engaged to a seemingly ideal man, Frederick Wentworth. But after being persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that he is too poor to be a suitable match, Anne ends their engagement. When they are reacquainted eight years later, their circumstances are transformed: Frederick is returning triumphantly from the Napoleonic War, while Anne's fortunes are floundering. Will their past regrets prevent them from finding future happiness?Gorgeously illustrated by Hugh Thomson, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Persuasion also includes an afterword by author and critic Henry Hitchings.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

About the author

Jane Austen was born in 1775 in rural Hampshire, the daughter of an affluent village rector who encouraged her in her artistic pursuits. In novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma she developed her subtle analysis of contemporary life through depictions of the middle-classes in small towns. Her sharp wit and incisive portraits of ordinary people have given her novels enduring popularity. She died in 1817.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Austen
• Assisted by: Hugh Thomson (Illustration), Henry Hitchings (Introduction)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.07.2016
• EAN: 9781909621701
• ISBN: 978-1-909621-70-1
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 100 mm x 158 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library; Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Satire, Women, London, Greater London, Coming of age, Historical romance, FICTION / Friendship, Regency, FICTION / Satire, Friendship, c 1800 to c 1900, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Literary, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1811 to c 1820 (Regency period), Family Life / General, Romance / Historical / Victorian, Romance / Historical / Regency