Persuasion / Austen, Jane

Reprints the first edition text of the classic novel about Anne Elliot, who is persuaded by family and friends that the charming and handsome Frederick Wentworth is not worthy of her regard and questions her decision to send him away until he returns seven years later, his circumstances much improved.

Anne Elliot sent Frederick Wentworth away seven years ago when she was an unhappy girl beset by troubles. Now she regrets it. When he returns, it takes a fortuitous series of accidents before the knots can be untied.