Jane Austen

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How quick come the reasons for approving what we like." Eight years earlier . . .Anne Elliot, the compassionate nineteen-year-old daughter of Sir Walter, is persuaded to break off her engagement with Frederick Wentworth, a young lieutenant in the Royal Navy, for he is without fortune. Now, eight years later . . . Captain Wentworth has returned to England rich and successful, but is still unforgiving. Anne, independent and mature, is still in love with him. And every time they come across each other, it is painful for her. What happens when Wentworth comes to know that Anne had turned down Charles Musgrove' s marriage proposal?Will his love for her resurface? Will their relationship be renewed? Written in Austen' s inimitable style, Persuasion reveals the emerging changes in the transforming social milieu of the nineteenth century. Published posthumously, it is Austen' s last completed novel. It has been a subject of numerous adaptations across various art forms. This moving love story continues to be appreciated by its readers. "

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Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.Page 2 of a letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra (11 June 1799) in which she first mentions Pride and Prejudice, using its working title First Impressions. (NLA)Though the story is set at the turn of the 19th century, it retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top of lists of "most loved books" such as The Big Read. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature and receives considerable attention from literary scholars. Modern interest in the book has resulted in a number of dramatic adaptations and an abundance of novels and stories imitating Austen's memorable characters or themes. To date, the book has sold some 20 million copies worldwide

Category - Fiction / Romance

Format - Paperback

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Est. Publication Date - Apr 2013

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