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	§7. "Persuasion". X. Jane Austen. Vol. 12. The Romantic Revival. The Cambridge History of English and American ...
		The posthumous novel Persuasion was begun in the spring or summer of 1815 and finished in July, 1816, the last two chapters being written a little later, to take the place of the original last chapter, which did not satisfy the author.
		The charm of the novel lies in the luminous reactions of one character upon another, and of all upon each; and, considering its difference from the other novels, it suggests that Jane Austen, had she lived, would have excelled in fiction of another kind than that which she had hitherto practised.
		With the sharpest and most delicate of wit, as deft in expression as it was subtle in perception, she diverted herself and her readers with the fine shades of folly in a circle of which the rudest member might be called refined.
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	Amazon.de: Persuasion: English Books: Jane Austen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Persuasion is a simply structured novel, for its plot is concerned only with bringing Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth together.
		Persuasion is probably the most accessible of all of Austen's novels and has one of the most memorable love stories.
		What we do have in Persuasion is the admirable psychological manipulation by Anne of her own environment, and though we may be less than entranced by a tale of the English idle rich, we do have a woman of strong mind weaving through a soap opera society of parties, walks by the sea and cards.
	www.amazon.de /Persuasion-Jane-Austen/dp/0812565886 (1526 words)

	Persuasion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the novel by Jane Austen, see Persuasion (novel).
		Persuasion is often confused with manipulation, which is the act of guiding another towards something that is not in their best interest by subverting their thought processes.
		Persuasion is meant to benefit one or more parties in the end.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Persuasion (210 words)

	Persuasion - TeacherVision.com
		Persuasion by Jane Austen is a novel rich in intrigue and romance.
		Told mainly from Anne's perspective, it is the story of her father's reaction to his overspending, Elizabeth's responses to those she views as less important than herself, Mary's settling into married life with a family she feels is socially inferior, and Anne's quest to rekindle the romance she once had with Frederick Wentworth.
		Throughout the novel the reader is influenced by the narrator's commentary on characters.
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	Boston Review: Alan Stone on Persuasion (film review)
		This under the "persuasion" of Lady Russell, who had convinced her it would be wrong to accept a man who had nothing to offer but himself and his uncertain prospects.
		It is typical in a Jane Austen novel that, as in a game of Patience, all the cards have to fall right; and against all the odds they do, so the heroine gets her man. But as Nabokov has critically observed, many of the important moments of her plots take place parenthetically.
		Indeed, the intrigue and interest of the novel comes about because Anne, the heroine, is so much a refined woman of that time that she cannot even imagine herself making overtures or taking any direct or purposeful action when Captain Wentworth shows up eight years after she rejected his proposal.
	www.bostonreview.net /BR20.6/stone.html (2934 words)

	persuasion - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Persuasion, changing someone's opinion or convincing someone to perform an action, such as purchasing a product or voting for a candidate.
		Jane Austen’s last completed novel, Persuasion, has a more sombre tone than her earlier work.
		A persuasive essay is a short composition intended to sway readers to the writer’s point of view.
	encarta.msn.com /persuasion.html (158 words)

	SparkNotes: Persuasion: Context
		Her next novel, Mansfield Park (1814), did not sell as well, and Austen followed it in 1816 with Emma, the last novel to be published before her early death.
		Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published posthumously in 1818, and together earned little over 500 pounds, a small amount by today's standards, but more money than Austen herself ever saw in her lifetime.
		Persuasion represents the maturity of Austen's work, and more than her other novels, evidences Austen's comic yet biting satire of the titled upper classes.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/persuasion/context.html (767 words)

	Jane Austen's Writings
		This novel contrasts two sisters: Marianne, who, with her doctrines of love at first sight, fervent emotions overtly expressed, and admiration of the grotesque "picturesque", represents the cult of "sensibility"; and Elinor, who has much more "sense", but is still not immune from disappointments.
		This novel, originally published in 1814, is the first of Jane Austen's novels not to be a revised version of one of her pre-1800 writings.
		Eight years before the novel begins, Anne Elliot (whom Jane Austen described in one of her letters as a "heroine [who] is almost too good for me") had been persuaded by an older friend of the family, whom she respects, to give up her engagement to the then-poor Captain Wentworth.
	www.pemberley.com /janeinfo/janewrit.html (3940 words)

	Persuasion 9780393960181 reviews & ratings at Smarter.com
		Austen's last novel is the crowning achievement of her matchless career.
		Set in 1814 and 1815, PERSUASION was written in 1816, when Jane Austen was already ill; perhaps her decline left its mark on the novel.
		PERSUASION, however, while more serious in tone than Austen's other works--and, interestingly, more attuned to landscape and the beauties of nature--retains her gift for satire and her sometimes mordant wit.
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	Serena Hansen
		The rhetorical process of persuasion is most visible in the novels where the heroes and heroines must overcome some kind of prejudice or weakness before they develop or acknowledge their love, even to themselves.
		He comes to understand that persuasion is part of mature moral action; “that mere unpersuadability is not sufficient equipment to cope with a universe in which surprises and misfortunes—moral as well as physical—are the only certainties, and an alert mind and loving heart are required of all” (55).
		By the end of the novel Anne Elliot is fairly confident that Captain Wentworth still loves her and is faced with the challenge of persuading him of her unchanged affection within a system of gender codes which does not allow her to bring up such a subject.
	www.jasna.org /persuasions/on-line/vol21no2/hansen.html (9020 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Persuasion: Books: Jane Austen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The novel is written in a very dry way as well, it's all drawn out, lifeless sentences that you find you have to read again just to understand what the sentence is saying, which really slows down the progress you make through the book, and makes it become wearisome very quickly.
		Like all of her novels, Jane Austen's PERSUASION is essentially a comedy of manners--a work in which the characters must negotiate a complex code of conduct in order to survive, much less achieve their ends.
		Published in 1816, PERSUASION is the last novel Austen completed before her death a year later, and it is remarkable for a very autumnal tone.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Persuasion-Jane-Austen/dp/0140620540 (1857 words)

	Full text and plot summary of Persuasion by Jane Austen
		Persuasion was Austen's final completed novel and was written between 1815 and 1816, and published incompletely revised immediately after her death with Northanger Abbey.
		As so often in Austen's novels, Persuasion concerns the social issues of her time and particularly the matter of class.
		Persuasion is the tale of the romance between his pretty and friendly younger daughter Anne who meets the novel's hero, Captain Wentworth and in spite of social barriers and the rival Musgrove sisters - Louisa and Henrietta - pursues his affection having once turned him down as a spouse.
	www.bibliomania.com /0/0/6/11 (209 words)

	Persuasion - Jane Austen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Note: Jane Austen's last novel "Persuasion" was written in 1816 and was published posthumously in 1818.
		The title was not chosen by Jane Austen; some have stated that she meant to call this novel "The Elliots".
		The public domain e-text of Persuasion was entered and proofread by Sharon Partridge, and final editing was done by Martin Ward.
	books.mirror.org /austen/persuasn (91 words)

	Gale - Free Resources - Women's History - Biographies - Jane Austen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The form of the novel is dialectical — the opposition of ethical principles is expressed in the relations of believable characters.
		The novel traces the career of Fanny Price, a Cinderella-like heroine, who is brought from a poor home to Mansfield Park, the country estate of her relative, Sir Thomas Bertram.
		Persuasion, begun in 1815 and published posthumously (together with Northanger Abbey) in 1818, is Jane Austen's last complete novel and is perhaps most directly expressive of her feelings about her own life.
	www.gale.com /free_resources/whm/bio/austen_j.htm (1796 words)

	Persuasion (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jane Austen began Persuasion soon after she had finished Emma, and completed it in August, 1816.
		Persuasion is connected with Northanger Abbey not only by the fact that the two books were originally bound up in one volume and published together two years later, but also because both stories are set partly in Bath, a health resort with which Jane Austen was well acquainted, having lived there from 1801 till 1805.
		At the same time, the novel is also a paean to the self-made man; Captain Wentworth is just one of several naval officers in the story who have risen from humble beginnings to affluence and status on the strength of merit and luck, not by inheritance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Persuasion_(novel) (2136 words)

	Study Guide to Jane Austen's Persuasion
		For the most part, Persuasion is a comedy of manners, a genre which depicts the social relations of a particular class of people.
		Although the novel features main characters, it is not about how one central character becomes a success or finds herself, as in many American novels; rather, it is about how the central characters function within the society around them.
		78-79 to be the "key use" of the word in the novel.
	faculty.gvsu.edu /websterm/Austen.htm (1450 words)

	Persuasion (novel) Summary
		Persuasion is Jane Austen 's last completed novel.
		Persuasion is connected with Northanger Abbey not only by th...
		The effect of social paradigms on individuals in their society is represented in the 1866 novel `Wives and Daughters' by Gaskell and the `95 version of Austens 1818 `Persuasion'.
	www.bookrags.com /Persuasion_(novel) (387 words)

	Persuasion - Lesson Plans from Movies and Film - Jane Austen, England; Literature
		This film is an adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about the role of romance and money in English upper class society of the 19th century.
		A college level teacher has reported that her students are more interested in reading another Jane Austen novel, Sense and Sensibility, after they have seen a film version.
		When tested against a control group who only read the novel, students who had seen the film before reading the book had a better understanding of the characters and the plot.
	www.teachwithmovies.org /guides/persuasion.html (588 words)

	Penguin Classics: Teachers' Guides
		On the most basic level Persuasion is a love story, both interesting and entertaining.
		By the end of the 18th century, the time period of Persuasion, there was not as much activity in Bath, since the nobility preferred seaside towns like Brighton for their holidays.
		The strength of the film is in the superb acting and in the wonderful settings that are so evocative of the 18th century.
	www.penguinclassics.co.uk /nf/shared/WebDisplay/0,,82506_1_10,00.html (8358 words)

	Amazon.com: Persuasion (Modern Library): Books: Jane Austen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This novel was the last one that Austen wrote before she died.
		Austen, in her choice of "Persuasion" as the title, subtly implied that what was at stake was not simply potential marriage partners waltzing a predictable if unstable dance towards the altar.
		Rather, she wished to point the reader in the direction of seeing not only how and why persuasive rhetoric might impact on lovers' lives, but also to ascertain the consequences of treating emotional people as if they were devoid of those emotions.
	www.amazon.com /Persuasion-Modern-Library-Jane-Austen/dp/0679601910 (2386 words)

	Review - Persuasion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Persuasion, with its quiet, love story of a spinster who gets a second chance at love, would seem a comparatively unpromising film prospect, but Jane Austen writes wonderfully witty dialogue that translates well to the screen and her skillfully plotted love story is intensely moving.
		In the novel his simultaneous courtship of both Anne and the predatory Mrs.
		In the novel, Elliott inherited a fortune from his first wife and is now seeking to secure himself both a trophy wife and a title.
	www.peers.org /revpersu.html (418 words)

	Novels and other works - Jane Austen
		An annotated text of this novel, with a dedication by the author.
		An annotated text of this novel which was written in the form of a series of letters.
		Text excerpts from some of Austen's novels to give a flavor of her writing.
	www.ontalink.com /literature/janeausten/novels.html (184 words)

	English 404/540 fall 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		These novels are preoccupied with the cultural figurations of gender and sexual relations/identities in the context of late eighteenth-century British domestic life and class/social relations.
		These women writers are profoundly interested in "writing" itself--the novels present different possibilities for recognizing, resisting, refiguring (and affirming) processes of writing and identification.
		Studying these novels also offers an opportunity to engage with recent scholarship on related efforts to understand these works within the history of the novel and women's writing (subjectivities) in this period.
	www.webpages.uidaho.edu /~sflores/novelfall05.html (277 words)

	Jacqueline Reid-Walsh
		One strand of the novel in the 18th century, the didactic novel, paralleled the conduct book: the heroine was often an “exemplary” character who embodied the qualities specified in the manuals (Spencer 142).
		The plot of Persuasion is a love-story or romance in the modern sense.
		Miss Larolles, who was the head of the voluble sect in fashionable society, “talking faster than she thinks,” vainly tried to attract the attention of Mr.
	www.jasna.org /persuasions/printed/number15/reid-walsh.htm (4560 words)

	Persuasion - Moviefone
		Rating: PG Synopsis: Adapted from what is arguably Jane Austen's most mature and subtlest novel, Persuasion is somewhat more nuanced and restrained than the more...
		Persuasion Based on Jane Austen's novel, "Persuasion" is set in England in 1814.
		Persuasion - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /movie/persuasion/1632/main (153 words)

	Persuasion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Based on Jane Austen's novel, "Persuasion" is set in England in 1814.
		Eight years before the story begins, Anne Elliot (Amanda Root) was engaged to a young naval officer, Frederick Wentworth (Ciaran Hinds), but she allowed herself to be persuaded by her trusted friend Lady Russell (Susan Fleetwood) to break off the engagement, due to Wentworth's poor financial status.
		Wentworth, now a rich and successful captain, returns to find Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own family tenants in her home...
	www.sonypictures.com /classics/persuasion/persuasion.html (150 words)

	Jane Austen's Writings -- Occurences of the words "persuade"/"persuasion" in the novel "Persuasion"
		Instances of the verb "Persuade", of the adjective "persuadable", and of the noun "Persuasion" in its meaning of influencing others.
		She thought it could scarcely escape him to feel that a persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favor of happiness, as a very resolute character.
		If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not of risk.
	www.pemberley.com /janeinfo/persuasn.html (2020 words)

	Persuasion Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		Austen was at the height of her writing abilities when she wrote Persuasion and screenwriter Nick Dear was wise to keep much of her clever dialogue intact.
		The scenario is familiar to anyone who's read any of Austen's novels: A charming and lovely young woman, looking for love, gets her heart broken, only to find her heart's desire by the film's end.
		The woman in Persuasion is Anne Elliott (played by the winning Amanda Root), one of Austen's most delightful heroines.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=11038 (700 words)

	"Persuasion" (1971) (mini) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This four-hour miniseries production is about two hours longer than necessary, primarily because the filmmakers seemed not to have a clear idea how to adapt a novel to the screen.
		I was also pleased to see the fleshed out "reconciliation" scenes with Anne and Frederick at the end, which are precious reward for the reader but were glossed over in the 1995 production.
		If you love the book Persuasion, and even vaguely like the 1995 movie, don't waste a moment (or a penny) on this production; you will find it sorely wanting.
	imdb.com /title/tt0066702 (584 words)

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