Persuasion
By: Jane Austen ; supplementary materials written by Kathleen Helal
Contributors: Helal, Kathleen
Edition: Simon & Schuster paperback edition.
Series: Simon & Schuster enriched classic
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9781416599692
Subjects: Ship captains; Motherless families; Fiction; Rejection (Psychology); Young women
Description: Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her family.
Notes: "Includes detailed explanatory notes, an overview of key themes, and more"--Page 1 of cover.