Book Description
This novel was the last completed by Austen. The heroine, Anne Elliot is far
from being a prig, but is a young woman of breeding, depth of emotion and
unswerving integrity. Anne frees herself from familial authority through her
relationships with other strong women, achieving personal fulfilment.
Amazon.com
Anne Elliot, heroine of Austen's last novel, did something we can all relate to:
Long ago, she let the love of her life get away. In this case, she had allowed
herself to be persuaded by a trusted family friend that the young man she loved
wasn't an adequate match, social stationwise, and that Anne could do better. The
novel opens some seven years after Anne sent her beau packing, and she's still
alone. But then the guy she never stopped loving comes back from the sea. As
always, Austen's storytelling is so confident, you can't help but allow yourself
to be taken on the enjoyable journey.
From Library Journal
Austen is the hot property of the entertainment world with new feature film
versions of Persuasion and Sense and Sensibility on the silver screen and Pride
and Prejudice hitting the TV airwaves on PBS. Such high visibility will
inevitably draw renewed interest in the original source materials. These new
Modern Library editions offer quality hardcovers at affordable prices.
Book Dimension :
length: (cm)19.8 width:(cm)12.6
