About the book
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortunenor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austen's last completed novel. 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.
Editions of Persuasion
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780141197692
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780140430059
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780140434675
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780141439686
- EBook
- ISBN 9781101200117
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Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortunenor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austen's last completed novel. 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.
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What is Persuasion about?
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortunenor rank. What happens when they encounter each other again is movingly told in Jane Austen's last completed novel. 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.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Persuasion?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Classic fiction: literary and general
Where can I read a sample of Persuasion?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780141197692
Is Persuasion part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Penguin Clothbound Classics
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Persuasion?
Gillian Beer, Jane Austen
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Persuasion is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780141197692) and paperback(ISBN 9780140430059) and paperback(ISBN 9780140434675) and paperback(ISBN 9780141439686) and ebook(ISBN 9781101200117)
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