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Jane Austen

Jane

Austen

(16December

1775 18

July

1817),was

a realistic

English

noelist,

in the

!re"

ictorian

!erio#$

Due to

her

com!le%"

realistic ision o& the inner li&e o& women, s'ille# #escri!tion, well#ose# mi%ture o& narrations in the thir# !erson, the smart use o&

ironic an# burlesue, Austen has become arguably the most notable

writers o& her time, whose in&luence s!ecial to all its rea#ers, een

#uring li&e, ha# little success$ Austen lie# her entire li&e as !art o& a close"'nit &amily locate# on the lower &ringes o&the English lan#e# gentry$he was e#ucate# !rimarily by her &ather an# ol#er brothers aswell as through her own rea#ing$ *he stea#&ast su!!ort o& her &amily was critical to her

#eelo!ment as a !ro&essional writer$+er artistic a!!rentic shi! laste# &rom her teenage

years into her thirties$ During this !erio#, she e%!erimente# with arious literary &orms,inclu#ing the e!istolary noelwhich she then aban#one#, an# wrote an# e%tensielyreise# three maor noels an# began a &ourth$ -rom 1811 until 1816, with the release o&Sense and Sensibility(1811),.ri#e an# .reu#ice(181/), 0ans&iel#

.ar'(181) an#Emma(1815), she achiee# success as a !ublishe# writer$ he wrote

two a##itional noels,2orthanger Abbeyan# .ersuasion,bot !ublishe#

!osthumously in 1818, an# began a thir#, which was eentually title# an#iton,but

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#ie# be&ore com!leting it$

Persuasion

.ersuasion is one o& the most &amous noel o& Jane Austen3s

noels$

4haracters

ir alter Elliot, t,

Eliabeth Elliot,

Anne Elliot,

4a!tain -re#eric' entworth ,

A#miral 4ro&t ,

o!hia 4ro&t,

0r$ illiam Elliot,

9a#y Dalrym!le,

4harles 0usgroe,

9ouisa 0usgroe,

9a#y :ussell ,

0ary 0usgroe$

Anne Elliot is the mi##le #aughter o& ir alter, a s!en#thri&t ,who is obsesse#with his

goo# loo's an# ran'$ Anne;s ol#er sister, Eliabeth, has the same character as her &ather,

an# the younger sister o& Anne, 0ary, is a nerous woman ,eager &or attention ,who ismarrie# to 4harles 0usgroe o& nearby

local suire$2one o& her &amily can !roi#e Anne, a com!any she nee#s$ he is a ery re&ine#, an#sensitie young woman , who is still unmarrie# at =7 an# seems curse# to loneliness ,

although she ha# been engage# to 4a!tain -re#eric' entworth$ *ric'e# by 9a#y

:ussell, she en#e# the engagement because he ha# no assets an# no !ers!ectie$ entworth reenters Anne;s li&e when ir alter is &orce# by his own &inancial

irres!onsibility to rent out >ellynch +all, the &amily estate$ ir alter an# Eliabeth

moe to !ricey rental lo#gings in the &ashionable resort o& ath, while Anne remainsbehin# in ellynch;s tenants turn out to be

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none other than entworth;s sister, o!hia, an# her husban#, the recently retire# A#miral

4ro&t$

entworth became rich #ue to some great successes an# manages to win a consi#erable&ortune$ *he 0usgroes, inclu#ing 0ary, 4harles, an# 4harles;s younger sisters,

+enrietta an# 9ouisa, are ha!!y to welcome the 4ro&ts an# entworth$ +e is #eliberately

cool an# &ormal with Anne, whom he #escribes as altere# almost beyon# recognition, bute%tremely &rien#ly an# attentie with the 0usgroe girls, who both res!on# in 'in#$

Although +enrietta is engage# to her cousin 4harles +ayter, nothing is o&&icial, an# both

the 4ro&ts an# 0usgroes, who 'now nothing o& Anne an# -re#eric';s !reiousrelationshi!, enoy s!eculating about which his sister an# entworth might marry$ All o&

this a&&ect Anne, who has s!ent the last seeral years bitterly regretting that she bro'e u!

with him $ *o aoi# the situation,Anne 'ee!s com!any with the 0usgroe sisters in

!articularly with 9ouisa, she #oes eerything she can to stay away &rom him$ hen theymeet, his cons!icuous in#i&&erence nearly brea's her heart$

*he sa# !ace o& Anne;s li&e su##enly !ic's u! when the younger members o& the

o&&icers, 4a!tain +arille, in the coastal town o& 9yme :egis$ *here Anne meets yet a

thir# o&&icer, 4a!tain James enwic', a !assionate a#mirer o& the :omantic !oets, who is

in mourning &or the #eath o& his &ianc?e, the sister o& 4a!tain +arille $+e a!!reciates

Anne;s sym!athy an# un#erstan#ing$$ *he new location, new acuaintances, an# &resh

ocean air all agree with Anne, who begins to regain some o& the li&e an# s!ar'le that

4a!tain entworth remembere#, an# she attracts the attention o& another gentleman, who

turns out to be the Elliots; long"estrange# cousin, her &ather;s heir, illiam Elliot$ 9ouisa

0usgroe sustains a serious concussion in a &all brought about by her own im!etuous

behaiour$ Anne coolly a#ministers &irst ai# an# assistance$ entworth is both con&use#

an# im!resse#, an# begins to re"e%amine his &eelings about Anne$

-ollowing this near"trage#y, Anne relocates to ath to be with her &ather an# sister,

while 9ouisa stays in 9yme to recoer her health at the +arilles$ @n ath Anne &in#s that

her &ather an# sister are as shallow as eer, obsesse# with ran' an# wealth, an# &lattere#

by the attentions o& illiam Elliot, recently wi#owe#, who has now success&ully

reconcile# with his uncle, ir alter$ Eliabeth assumes that he wishes to court her while

9a#y :ussell more correctly sus!ects that he a#mires Anne$ +oweer, although Anne

li'es illiam Elliot an# enoys his com!any, she &in#s his character #isturbingly o!aue,

while a#mitting to hersel& that his a#miration has #one a great #eal to li&t her s!irits$ A#miral 4ro&t an# his wi&e arrie in ath, an# soon a&terwar# comes the news that

9ouisa 0usgroe is in#ee# engage#but not to 4a!tain entworth$*he luc'yman is 4a!tain enwic'$ entworth also comes to ath$ +e is not !lease# to see 0r$

Elliot courting Anne, an# he an# Anne begin to tentatiely renew their acuaintance$

Anne also ta'es the o!!ortunity to reunite with an ol# school &rien#, 0rs$ mith, a once

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!ros!erous matron who is now a wi#ow liing in ath in straitene#

circumstances$*hrough her she #iscoers that behin# his charming eneer, 0r$ Elliot is a

col# o!!ortunist who ha# le# 0rs$ mith;s husban# into #ebt $ Although 0rs$ mith

beliees that he is genuinely attracte# to Anne, it a!!ears that his real aim in ma'ing u! to

the Elliots has been to 'ee! an eye on the ingratiating 0rs$ 4lay, whom he worries thatir alter may ta'e it into his hea# to marry$ A new marriage a baby boy, an# the en# o&

0r$ Elliott;s inheritance$ $ Although Anne is shoc'e# an# #ismaye# by this news, it hel!s

to con&irm her that she is the best u#ge o& what will constitute her own ha!!iness$