Persuasion (version 2)

PERSUASION

Jane Austen

ERSUASION

Persuasion

by Jane Austen (1775-1817)

Eight years ago, Anne Elliot fell in love with a poor
but ambitious young naval officer, Frederick
Wentworth. The Elliots were dissatisfied with
Anne’s choice, feeling he was not distinguished
enough for their family, and her older friend and
mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne’s
deceased mother, persuaded her to break off the
match. Now 27 and considered a spinster, Anne
re-encounters her former fiancé, now a captain, as he courts her spirited
young neighbour, Louisa Musgrove. The self-interested machinations of
Anne’s older sister Elizabeth, of Elizabeth’s friend Mrs. Clay, and of Anne’s
father’s heir, William Elliot, constitute an important subplot. (Wikipedia).

Total running time: 7:52:14

Read by Elizabeth Klett

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