Persuasion

Persuasion (1817) is the story of Anne Elliot, a 27-year-old woman whose heart was broken at 19, when she was persuaded not to marry the naval captain Frederick Wentworth – the love of her life. When Anne and Captain Wentworth cross paths again, they are both still unattached. But does the Captain still carry a torch for Anne, or has resentment and time snuffed out the flame forever?

Jane Austen wrote six novels set in England toward the end of the eighteenth century – the time in which she lived. Her narratives explore the theme of women’s dependence on marriage to gain economic and social security, and provide a commentary on Britain’s gentry through satire and irony.