Folio Society Published Works Number 3288
Austen, Jane - Persuasion
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Austen, Jane - Persuasion (Published in by The Folio Society in 2016. Introduced by Siri Hustvedt. Illustrated by Deanna Staffo. Jane Austen's final novel shows her at her most moving and mature. Introduced by Siri Hustvedt, and illustrated by Deanna Staffo. Bound in metallic cloth. Set in Baskerville. 248 pages. Frontispiece and 7 colour illustrations. Blocked slipcase. 9.5"x 6.25". 'Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch-hall in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage.' With the opening of Persuasion, we appear to be in known Austen territory: the empty-headed Sir Walter, whose only reading is the Baronetage (mainly the page about himself), promises familiar delights. Yet the atmosphere of this book is as different from Austen's earlier works as autumn is to spring. Anne Elliot is haunted by her past mistake in turning down her first love, Frederick Wentworth, due to pressure from her family – misplaced persuasion. But a financial calamity will put her, unexpectedly, in the way of a second chance. Jane Austen's last finished novel, Persuasion shows her at her most moving, powerful and mature. As C. S. Lewis wrote, 'It is, in a sense in which the other novels are not, a love story.' )
