Persuasion - Larger Print Author:Jane Austen Eight years prior to the events in the novel, Anne Elliot fell in love with a poor but ambitious young naval officer, Frederick Wentworth. The Elliots, led by Sir Walter, Anne's father and lord of the family estate, were dissatisfied with her choice, feeling he was not distinguished enough for their family; her older friend and mentor, Lady ... more »Russell, acting in place of Anne's deceased mother, persuaded her to break off the match. Now age 27 and considered a spinster, Anne re-encounters her former fiance as he associates with the Musgrove family.
Wentworth is now an 'early' captain -- and wealthy -- due to his warfare successes in the Royal Navy and privateering, but he still harbors enmity towards Anne for her rejection of him. Meanwhile, the self-interested machinations of Anne's father, her older sister Elizabeth, Elizabeth's friend Mrs. Clay, and William Elliot, Anne's cousin and her father's heir, constitute important subplots.
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It stalls in some parts, but generally, it's an incredibly interesting novel. I hate Victorian lit, and I made it through the last page, and enjoyed it.