Persuasion (Austen - Dover ed.)

Author: Jane Austen

ISBN: 9780486295558

Binding: paperback

Section: Fiction

First published in 1818, Persuasion was Jane Austen's last work. Set in Somersetshire and Bath, the novel revolves around the lives and love affair of Sir Walter Elliot, his daughters Elizabeth, Anne, and Mary, and various in-laws, friends, suitors, and other characters, In Anne Elliot, the author created perhaps her sweetest, most appealing heroine. Sure to appeal to admirers of Jane Austen, Persuasion will delight any reader with its finely drawn characters, gentle satire, and charming re-creation of the genteel world of the 19th-century English countryside.