The Annotated Persuasion
Jane Austen(1775–1817) was born in Hampshire, England, where she spent most of her life. Though she received little recognition in her lifetime, she came to be regarded as one of the great masters of the English novel.David M. Shapardis the author ofThe Annotated Pride and Prejudice,The Annotated Persuasion, The Annotated Sense and Sensibility,andThe Annotated Emma.He graduated with a Ph.D. in European History from the University of California at Berkeley; his specialty was the eighteenth century. Since then he has taught at several colleges. He lives in upstate New York.