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Persuasion

Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen

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"Persuasion" by Jane Austen is a novel published in 1817. Eight years after being persuaded to break off her engagement to naval officer Frederick Wentworth, twenty-seven-year-old Anne Elliot encounters him again when his sister rents her family's estate. Now wealthy and eligible, Wentworth mingles with Anne's social circle while she quietly observes, her feelings unchanged. As misunderstandings unfold and new attachments form, the story explores whether second chances at love are possible when pride and past regrets stand between two hearts. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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  1. 1Contents354 chars
  2. 2CHAPTER I.15,074 chars
  3. 3CHAPTER II.11,274 chars
  4. 4CHAPTER III.15,630 chars
  5. 5CHAPTER IV.10,526 chars
  6. 6CHAPTER V.18,288 chars
  7. 7CHAPTER VI.21,108 chars
  8. 8CHAPTER VII.18,454 chars
  9. 9CHAPTER VIII.18,360 chars
  10. 10CHAPTER IX.16,028 chars
  11. 11CHAPTER X.21,493 chars
  12. 12CHAPTER XI.17,355 chars
  13. 13CHAPTER XII.30,713 chars
  14. 14CHAPTER XIII.15,260 chars
  15. 15CHAPTER XIV.13,941 chars
  16. 16CHAPTER XV.15,706 chars
  17. 17CHAPTER XVI.13,600 chars
  18. 18CHAPTER XVII.19,698 chars
  19. 19CHAPTER XVIII.22,299 chars
  20. 20CHAPTER XIX.13,316 chars
  21. 21CHAPTER XX.19,543 chars
  22. 22CHAPTER XXI.38,009 chars
  23. 23CHAPTER XXII.32,746 chars
  24. 24CHAPTER XXIII.36,427 chars
  25. 25CHAPTER XXIV.9,006 chars