Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Oxford worlds classics, paperback, 249 pages authors. An extract from the audiobook edition of jane austens persuasion read by geraldine mcewan. This particular edition is a gorgeous, hardcover, pocket sized one. Persuasion by jane austen book club discussion questions. In persuasion, jane austen s last completed novel, unpublished until her death, satire and ridicule become milder and the tone is more grave and tender. Front and rear cover show light shelf wear and very light bumping to corners, while the unbroken spine shows light shelf wear, pages are clean and unmarked with a secure, tight binding. First edition, one of 1750 copies of the last of jane austens novels to be published, complete with all half titles, handsomely bound. Now circumstances have conspired to bring him back into her social circle and anne finds. Jane austen 1775 1817 anne elliott, jane austens only aging heroine, has devoted her life to caring for her financially irresponsible family.
Furthermore, one of jane austens favorite books was laurence sternes tristram shandy, a book characterized by very bawdy, typically eighteenthcentury humor and wordplay. Jane austens last completed novel, a brilliantly insightful story of regret, second chances, and the courage to follow our hearts anne elliot is twentyseven and unmarriedby all accounts a spinster in her timeseemingly doomed to spend the rest of her life waiting on her imageobsessed father and extravagant older sister. In persuasion, jane austen picks up the pen to tell us who we are and what we want. Through her vivacious and spirited heroines and their circle, she painted vivid portraits of english middleclass life as the eighteenth century came to a close. Praise critics, especially recently, value persuasion highly, as the authors most deeply felt fiction, the novel which in the end the experienced reader of jane austen puts at the head of the list. Novels inspired by jane austens persuasion austenprose. England social life and customs 19th century fiction subject. Northanger abbey and persuasion first edition jane. Persuasion penguin classics austen, jane, beer, gillian, beer, gillian, beer, gillian on. As usual with penguin classic editions of austen, the original text is totally respected the idiosyncratic spelling, punctuation and sentence structure merely strengthen the period charm. Jane austens anxieties about persuasion and responsibility are here passionately expressed.
Persuasion penguin classics by austen, jane paperback book the. Persuasion has won our popular vote and will be the subject of this months jane austen reading group. Booktopia has persuasion, penguin classics by jane austen. Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties and nuances of their own social milieu with the wit and insight of jane austen. Jane austens gripping first novel of love and marriage the wellbred miss catherine morland always seems to have her nose stuck in a book, and the gothic classics are her favorites. Persuasion penguin classics a edition by austen, jane. Sense and sensibility, pride and prejudice, mansfield park, emma, northanger abbey, persuasion. Persuasion penguin classics deluxe edition by jane austen, 9780143106289, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. She refuses to become part of the machinery with which fanny is manoeuvering herself into forming the engagement. Since the text has been freshly edited with an attempt to hold closer to austens spelling and punctuation, id have recommended this one over the oxford, but that it lacks the cancelled chapters and biographical notice, and thus represents a sad falling away from the 1966 penguin edition of persuasion by d. This novel depicts her most memorable heroine anne elliot, a young woman of perfect breeding, profound depth of emotion and unswerving integrity. Shepherd, a civil, cautious lawyer, who, whatever might be his hold or his views on sir walter, would rather have the disagreeable prompted by any body else, excused himself from offering the slightest hint, and only begged leave to recommend an implicit deference to.
Pride and prejudice vintage classics austen series. Buy persuasion penguin classics rev ed by austen, jane isbn. Penguin classics deluxe soft cover edition of the collection of novels by jane austen. Preface to persuasion and northanger abbey jane austen. Persuasion jane austen kindle edition published june 9th 2019 kindle edition, 224 pages. At an early age she began writing sketches and satires of popular novels for her familys.
Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. The vintage classics austen series is designed by the writer and illustrator leanne shapton and introduced by some of our finest contemporary writers and austen fans. Published october 4th 2009 by public domain books kindle edition, 170 pages authors. Born the seventh child of the rector of steventon, hampshire, on december 16, 1775, she was educated mainly at home. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read persuasion. To be the standin motive for anothers actions frightens her. It is more intricate, more mature than her other works. Romantic, witty, acerbic and endlessly popular, jane austens novels are amongst. The juvenilia and shorter works of jane austen is a rare collection and a must for all janeites.
Besides the theme of persuasion, the novel evokes other topics, such as the royal navy, in which two of jane austens brothers ultimately rose to the rank of admiral. I still found it difficult to accept that jane austen could make such an indelicate joke, until i ran across strong evidence that heydtstevenson is correct. Persuasion eight years ago anne elliot bowed to pressure from her family and made the decision not to marry the man she loved, captain wentworth. Persuasion vintage classics austen series by jane austen. Short and easy will be the task of the mere biographer.
Readcentral has helped thousands of people read books online without the need for signups or downloads. As a young woman, anne elliot was persuaded by her godmother that marriage to captain wentworth, a naval officer with uncertain prospects, would. A penguin classics deluxe edition of jane austen s final novel written during jane austen s race against failing health, persuasion tells the story of anne elliot, a woman who at twentyseven is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Preface to persuasion and northanger abbey by henry austen. Persuasion is a tale of love, heartache and the determination of one woman as she strives to reignite a lost love. Though the domain of jane austens novels was as circumscribed as her life, her caustic wit and keen observation made her the equal of the greatest novelists in any language. Penguin s jane austen is as good as it gets, and its impossible not to love persuasion. Jane austens 17751817 final novel was written during a period of failing health, in 181516, and published posthumously in 1818. Persuasion, penguin classics by jane austen 9780141439686. This is a new beautifullydesigned edition of jane austens bestselling classic persuasion. The final novel by the acclaimed writer places heroine anne elliot, a woman of integrity and deep emotion, against the brutality and hypocrisy of regency england. Penguin classics deluxe edition austen, jane, wells, juliette, wells. Jane austen s last completed novel, a brilliantly insightful story of regret, second chances, and the courage to follow our hearts anne elliot is twentyseven and unmarriedby all accounts a spinster in her timeseemingly doomed to spend the rest of her life waiting on her imageobsessed father and extravagant older sister. A list of novels inspired by jane austens persuasion by category and alphabetical by author.
Sense and sensibility reading guides penguin classics. Juliette wells is associate professor and chair of the english department at goucher college. A penguin classics deluxe edition of jane austens final novel written during jane austens race against failing health, persuasion tells the story of. A life of usefulness, literature, and religion, was not by any means a life of event. Persuasion by jane austen, gillian beer waterstones. Of all jane austens great and delightful novels, persuasion is widely regarded as the most moving.
Elizabeth elliots story, the lady must decide hile, laura, mercys embrace. Alexander mccall smith, lynne truss, amanda vickery, francesca segal, p. Read persuasion online by jane austen at, the free online library full of thousands of classic books. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in jane austens last completed novel. Originally published in 1817 a wonderfully pleasant classic by one of my favorite writers. Penguins jane austen is as good as it gets, and its impossible not to love persuasion. The books heroine, anne elliot, encounters frederick wentworth, the man to whom she was once engaged when he was a. Jane austen specialized in writing books that on the surface were the type of social chatter one might find in a tabloid for oxfordeducated upper middle class.
Persuasion by jane austen is a 2016 enhanced media publication. It is a collectors edition, one that you might want to peruse through at. Yet jane austen cannot avoid the part of persuader, even as dissuader. Set in the fashionable societies of lyme regis and bath, persuasion is a brilliant satire of vanity and pretension, but, above all,it is a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities. And the introduction is a most helpful read as well. As in northanger abbey, the superficial social life of bathwell known to austen, who spent several relatively unhappy and unproductive years thereis portrayed. She is also the author of sense and sensibility, pride and prejudice, emma, persuasion, and northanger abbey.
The penguin english library edition of persuasion by jane austen. It is now almost exactly two centuries since the first two of jane austen s six completed novelssense and sensibility and pride and prejudicewere published, and for much of that time writers and critics have passionately disagreed about the true caliber of her work. Persuasion penguin classics by austen, jane and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Now you can read persuasion free from the comfort of your computer or mobile phone and enjoy other many other free books by jane austen. Jane austen 17751817 was extremely modest about her own genius but has become one of english literatures most famous women writers. Beautifully presented for a modern teen audience, jane austens masterpiece is one of the most enduring stories about the resilience of love. Sex appeal and phallic follies in jane austens persuasion. Her attachment and regrets had, for a long time, clouded every enjoyment of youth. Just when she is growing content with her uneventful lifestyle, a longlost flame reenters the picture now as the beau of her significantly younger cousin. During the winter social season, she catches the eyes of two men. Anne elliot, daughter of the snobbish sir walter elliot, is woman of quiet charm and deep feelings. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. The last novel completed by jane austen before she died in her early forties, persuasion is often thought to be the story of the authors own lost love. Initially, i was surprised that persuasion beat novels such as pride and prejudice and emma.