Persuasion

Persuasion, Jane Austen''s last novel, is a moving, masterly and elegiac love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. It tells the story of Anne Elliot, who, persuaded to break off her engagement to the man she loved because he was not successful enough, has never forgotten him. When he returns, he brings with him a tantalizing second chance of happiness...

About the author

Jane Austen, the daughter of a clergyman, was born in Hampshire in 1775, and later lived in Bath and the village of Chawton. As a child and teenager, she wrote brilliantly witty stories for her family's amusement, as well as a novella, Lady Susan. Her first published novel was Sense and Sensibility, which appeared in 1811 and was soon followed by Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma. Austen died in 1817, and Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published posthumously in 1818.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Austen
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.2025
• EAN: 9780241804735
• ISBN: 978-0-241-80473-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 187 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Regency, Bath, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1811 to c 1820 (Regency period), Classic fiction: general and literary, FICTION / Romance / Second Chances