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At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer young and has few romantic prospects. Eight years earlier, she had been persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome naval captain with neither fortune nor rank.
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Persuasion Synopsis
Exam board: AQA A, Cambridge Assessment International Education
Level & Subject: AS and A Level English Literature
First teaching: September 2015
Next exams: 2025
This edition of Persuasion provides depth and context for A Level students, with the complete novel in an easy to read format, and a detailed introduction and bespoke glossary written by an experienced A Level teacher with academic expertise in the area.
· Affordable high quality complete text of Persuasion, ideal for AS and A Level Literature
· Perfectly pitched introductions provide the depth and demand required by AS and A Level
· Explore the contemporary context, Jane Austen's writing, the novel's critical reception and subsequent interpretations for a deeper reading of the text
· Expand your further reading with a list of key articles and critical and theoretical texts
· Improve your understanding of the novel with unfamiliar concepts and culturally-specific terms defined in the glossary
About This Edition
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9780008371838 |
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20th December 2019 |
| Author: |
Jane Austen |
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Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
352 pages |
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Collins Classroom Classics |
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About Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon near Basingstoke, the seventh child of the rector of the parish. She lived with her family at Steventon until they moved to Bath when her father retired in 1801. After his death in 1805, she moved around with her mother; in 1809, they settled in Chawton, near Alton, Hampshire. Here she remained, except for a few visits to London, until in May 1817 she moved to Winchester to be near her doctor. There she died on 18 July 1817.
As a girl Jane Austen wrote stories, including burlesques of popular romances. Her works were only published after much revision, four novels being published in her lifetime. These are Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816). Two other novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, were published posthumously in 1818 with a biographical notice by her brother, Henry Austen, the first formal announcement of her authorship. Persuasion was written in a race against failing health in 1815-16. She also left two earlier compositions, a short epistolary novel, Lady Susan, and an unfinished novel, The Watsons. At the time of her death, she was working on a new novel, Sanditon, a fragmentary draft of which survives.
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