Persuasion (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jane Austen
- First Published: 1818
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Setting: Somersetshire and Bath, England
- Principal Characters: Sir Walter Elliot, Elizabeth Elliot, Anne Elliot, Mary Musgrove, Charles Musgrove, Henrietta, Louisa, Captain Frederick Wentworth, Mrs. Clay, William Elliot
- Genres: Long fiction, Fiction of manners, Bourgeois fiction
- Subjects: Values, Parents and children, Love or romance, Gender roles, Nineteenth century, Social issues, Marriage, Prejudices or antipathies, Class consciousness, Manners or customs, Social life, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, England or English people, Fathers, Sisters, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Gossip
- Locales: Bath, England, Somersetshire, England
The Story:
Sir Walter Elliot was a conceited man, vain of both his good looks and his title. He lived at his country seat, Kellynch Hall, with two of his daughters, Elizabeth and Anne. Elizabeth, handsome and much like her father, was the oldest and her father’s favorite. Anne, sweet, self-effacing, and quietly intelligent, was ignored and underrated by both. Mary, the youngest daughter, was married to an agreeable young man named Charles Musgrove; they lived in an untidy house at Uppercross, three miles from Kellynch Hall.
Living beyond his means had brought financial...
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