Book
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
- Published
- 1817
- Genre
- Classics
- Publisher
- CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Pages
- 249
- Words
- 87978
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2156.Persuasion?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_10
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 12.0
- AR interest level
- UG — upper grades, 9–12
- Lexile
- 1120L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–18
- Ambleside year
- Year 11 onwards · ages 16–19
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Besides the theme of persuasion, the novel evokes other topics, such as the Royal Navy, in which two of Jane Austen's brothers ultimately rose to the rank of admiral. As in Northanger Abbey, the superficial social life of Bath-well known to Austen, who spent several relatively unhappy and unproductive years there-is portrayed extensively and serves as a setting for the second half of the book. In many respects Persuasion marks a break with Austen's previous works, both in the more biting, even irritable satire directed at some of the novel's characters and in the regretful, resigned outlook of its otherwise admirable heroine, Anne Elliot, in the first part of the story. Against this is set the energy and appeal of the Royal Navy, which symbolises for Anne and the reader the possibility of a more outgoing, engaged, and fulfilling life, and it is this worldview which triumphs for the most part at the end of the novel.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9781544015941
- ISBN-10
- 1544015941
Tags
EnglandFamily LifeFictionRomanceSocial IssuesSociety