Jane Austen's final novel is her most mature and wickedly satirical.
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Will their past regrets prevent them from finding future happiness? Gorgeously illustrated by Hugh Thomson, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Persuasion also includes an afterword by author and critic Henry Hitchings.
When they are reacquainted eight years later, their circumstances are transformed: Frederick is returning triumphantly from the Napoleonic War, while Anne's fortunes are floundering.
But after being persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that he is too poor to be a suitable match, Anne ends their engagement.
It follows the story of Anne Elliott, who as a teenager, was engaged to a seemingly ideal man, Frederick Wentworth.
Jane Austen's final novel is her most mature and wickedly satirical
