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    A Study Guide for Jane Austen's "Persuasion"
    A Study Guide for Jane Austen's "Persuasion"
    A Study Guide for Jane Austen's "Persuasion"
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    A Study Guide for Jane Austen's "Persuasion"

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    A Study Guide for Jane Austen's "Persuasion," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJun 27, 2016
    ISBN9781535830805
    A Study Guide for Jane Austen's "Persuasion"

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      A Study Guide for Jane Austen's "Persuasion" - Gale

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      Persuasion

      Jane Austen

      1818

      Introduction

      When Persuasion was published posthumously in 1818, only a small circle of people knew of and admired Jane Austen's novels. Since that date, however, Austen has come to be one of the world's most widely read and most beloved authors. She claimed once to her nephew, who would later write her biography, the little bit (two inches wide) of Ivory on which I work with so fine a Brush produces little effect after much labour. Scholars and readers, however, have overwhelmingly disagreed with her assessment that her work produces little effect, finding her to be a conscious artist and astute social critic. In Persuasion, her last novel, Austen continues to present in minute detail the daily lives of her characters, upper-middle-class men and women living in England at the beginning of the nineteenth century. This novel perhaps is her most romantic, centering on postponed but enduring love. Anne Elliot, the story's heroine, suffers from a decision that was forced upon her several years ago—to break off a relationship with the man she deeply loved. As Austen examines the causes and consequences of this action, she offers a penetrating critique of the standards of the British class system and the narrow-mindedness of those who strictly subscribe to them. The novel's witty realism helped guarantee Austen's position as one of the finest novelists.

      Author Biography

      Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775, in England, to George and Cassandra (Leigh) Austen. Her father was a clergyman in Steventon, a small town in Hampshire County. Her mother, whose ancestors were titled, was born into a higher social class. She and her husband settled into a comfortable but modest life, associating with the local gentry and raising eight children. Jane's close relationship with her siblings and her family's relationship with the local gentry would provide her with material for her plots and influence her creation of the settings and characterizations in her

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