{"product_id":"persuasion-paperback","title":"Persuasion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Austen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOf all Jane Austen's great and delightful novels, \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e--\u003cb\u003ethe story of a second chance at true love--\u003c\/b\u003eis widely regarded as the most moving. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Anne Elliot, daughter of the snobbish Sir Walter Elliot, is woman of quiet charm and deep feelings. When she was nineteen she fell in love with--and was engaged to--a naval officer, the fearless and headstrong Captain Wentworth. But the young man had no fortune, and Anne allowed herself to be persuaded to give him up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, eight years later, Wentworth has returned to the neighborhood, a rich man and still unwed. Anne's never-diminished love is muffled by her pride, and he seems cold and unforgiving. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happens as the two are thrown together in the social world of Bath--and as an eager new suitor appears for Anne--is touchingly and wittily told in \u003ci\u003ePersuasion, \u003c\/i\u003ea masterpiece that is also one of the most entrancing novels in the English language.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough the domain of Jane Austen's novels was as circumscribed as her life, her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language. Born the seventh child of the rector of Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, she was educated mainly at home. At an early age she began writing sketches and satires of popular novels for her family's entertainment. As a clergyman's daughter from a well-connected family, she had an ample opportunity to study the habits of the middle class, the gentry, and the aristocracy. At twenty-one, she began a novel called \"The First Impressions\" an early version of \u003cb\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/b\u003e. In 1801, on her father's retirement, the family moved to the fashionable resort of Bath. Two years later she sold the first version of \u003cb\u003eNorthanger Abby\u003c\/b\u003e to a London publisher, but the first of her novels to appear was \u003cb\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/b\u003e, published at her own expense in 1811. It was followed by \u003cb\u003ePride and Prejudice \u003c\/b\u003e(1813), \u003cb\u003eMansfield Park \u003c\/b\u003e(1814), and \u003cb\u003eEmma \u003c\/b\u003e(1815). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter her father died in 1805, the family first moved to Southampton then to Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Despite this relative retirement, Jane Austen was still in touch with a wider world, mainly through her brothers; one had become a very rich country gentleman, another a London banker, and two were naval officers. Though her many novels were published anonymously, she had many early and devoted readers, among them the Prince Regent and Sir Walter Scott. In 1816, in declining health, Austen wrote \u003cb\u003ePersuasion \u003c\/b\u003eand revised \u003cb\u003eNorthanger Abby\u003c\/b\u003e, Her last work, \u003ci\u003eSandition\u003c\/i\u003e, was left unfinished at her death on July 18, 1817. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Austen's identity as an author was announced to the world posthumously by her brother Henry, who supervised the publication of \u003cb\u003eNorthanger Abby\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/b\u003e in 1818.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.96 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Persuasion\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 19\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52720555950413,"sku":"9780307386854","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/yrFvKKS5IK9780307386854.webp?v=1762465898","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/persuasion-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}