Persuasion - Jane Austen
Public domain
Category: Classic
Narrator: Juliet Stevenson
Tags: Classic, Historical Fiction, Adults, Romance
Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Ltd., 2007, The last novel completed by Jane Austen before her death, Persuasion is often thought to reflect on the authors own lost love., Sir Walter Elliot has raised his three daughters with his own sense of haughty pride. Elizabeth, at twenty-eight, has found no one good enough to marry, while Mary has, with some condescension, married the son of the local squire. The youngest, Anne, was persuaded to throw off her fianc eight years ago due to his lowly station in life., When Captain Frederick Wentworth returns from the Napoleonic Wars a man of wealth and rank, Anne must confront her remorse and her unrequited love for him as he courts another woman. This is a story of second chances, humility, and the perseverance of love., Starred review from May 28, 2007 Stevenson has read all of Austens novels for audiobook, in abridged or unabridged versions, and her experience shows in this delightful production. Though dominated by the int
