Persuasion /
Jane Austen.
- New ed. / edited by James Kinsley /with an introduction and notes by Deidre Shauna Lynch.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- xlv, 249 p. ; 20 cm.
- Oxford world's classics .
This ed. originally published: 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 226).
Jane Austen's final completed work, 'Persuasion', is the story of Anne Elliot and her love for Frederick Wentworth. After being persuaded to break off the engagement, Anne resigns herself to living off her memories. However, years later she meets Wentworth once more, and she starts to believe in second chances.