Persuasion

Anne Elliot is intelligent and fairly attractive. She is 27 and unmarried. She was once engaged to Frederick Wentworth, a naval officer without fortune, but the engagement was broken when friends and family persuaded her to reject him on account of his situation. It was seven years ago. Anne could never forget him and loves him still when he re-enters her life. He has rank and fortune now, having done exceptionally well in the Napoleonic Wars. Apparently, the conditions are ripe for a coveted second chance at love for both of them. Published posthumously in 1817, Persuasion was Jane Austen s last completed novel. A profound satire of her vain society, it has been hailed as her most mature work.