num_pages: 9
description: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.' Written at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Persuasion is a tale of love, heartache and the determination of one woman as she strives to reignite a lost love. Anne Elliot is persuaded by her friends and family to reject a marriage proposal from Captain Wentworth because he lacks in fortune and rank. More than seven years later, when he returns home from the Navy, Anne realises she still has strong feelings for him, but Wentworth only appears to have eyes for a friend of Anne's. Moving, tender, but intrinsically 'Austen' in style, with it's satirical portrayal of the vanity of society in eighteenth-century England, Persuasion celebrates enduring love and hope.
language: English
title: Persuasion
titlecomplete: Persuasion
characters: Captain Harville, Lady Russell, Admiral Croft, Mary Musgrove, Anne Elliot, Penelope Clay, Sophia Croft, Louisa Musgrove, William Elliot, Captain James Benwick, Captain Frederick Wentworth, Charles Musgrove, Mrs. Smith, Sir Walter Elliot, Henrietta Musgrove, Elizabeth Elliot
genres: Fiction, Historical, Classic Literature, Romance, Literature, Classics, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Audiobook
ratings_count: 673225
places: Lyme Regis, England, England, Bath, Somerset, England, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
publisher: Blackstone Pub