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Summary: Persuasion: "Anne Elliot is a young woman of perfect breeding and unwavering integrity. Austen wrote of her, 'She is almost too good for me.' Persuasion is the story of Anne and Captain Wentworth and their long awaited union. The world of country gentry in Regency England serves as a setting while portraying the many aspects of proper society - its failings and humor"--Container.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2008
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Summary: In Persuasion, her last novel, Jane Austen reveals her most mature dissection of people, place and social setting. Like the earlier works Persuasion is a tale of love and marriage, told with the irony, insight and just evaluation of human conduct which sets her novels apart. But the heroine - like the author - is more mature; the tone of the writing more sombre. Anne Elliot and Captain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1984
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Summary: Anne Elliot passes up an opportunity for happiness when she declines a match in marriage in hopes of bettering her position. Beauty fades as seven years pass, when her former love returns a wealthier man. Anne finds herself slighted and all traces of their former intimacy gone. Mishaps and mischief mount as the pair tempt fate in this comic story of love.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: NAXOS AudioBooks 2007