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040 _aAM-YeSLU
041 0 _aeng
100 1 _aAusten, Jane,
_d1775-1817.
245 1 0 _aPersuasion /
_cJane Austen.
260 _aLondon :
_bHarperPress,
_c2013.
300 _aviii, 260 pages ;
_c18 cm.
440 0 _a(Collins classics)
500 _aHarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.' Written at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Persuasion is a tale of love, heartache and the determination of one woman as she strives to reignite a lost love. Anne Elliot is persuaded by her friends and family to reject a marriage proposal from Captain Wentworth because he lacks in fortune and rank. More than seven years later, when he returns home from the Navy, Anne realises she still has strong feelings for him, but Wentworth only appears to have eyes for a friend of Anne's. Moving, tender, but intrinsically 'Austen' in style, with it's satirical portrayal of the vanity of society in eighteenth-century England, Persuasion celebrates enduring love and hope.
650 1 4 _aSocial life and customs
_xFiction
_zEngland
651 _aEngland
_xManners and customs
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_cBK
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_d63088