Persuasion

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 friend Lady Russell.

Main Author: Austen, Jane, 1775-1817.
Other Authors: Beer, Gillian.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2011.
Physical Description: xxxvii, 250 pages ; 20 cm.
Series: Penguin classics.
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