Persuasion

Name: Persuasion
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jane Austen
ISBN: 9781491586020

Author: Jane Austen

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 8 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: The Classic Collection

Published: 02/10/2015

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth exemplify the country gentry in Regency England in Jane Austen's endearing tale.Anne Elliot is a young woman of perfect breeding and unwavering integrity. Seven years after she is persuaded to reject Captain Wentworth's offer of marriage, her feelings for him are still strong. By the time she realizes this, Wentworth seems to only have eyes for the attractive, though flighty, Louisa Musgrove.Set against the world of the country gentry in Regency England, Persuasion critically portrays the many aspects of proper society—its failings and humor—as well as presenting a tender story of determination and enduring love.This novel is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.

About Jane Austen

Jane Austen’s (1775-1817) works have enjoyed a renewed popularity in the last year with the film release of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility - both critically acclaimed. Sir Walter Scott said, Jane Austen had “that exquisite touch which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting.”

Reviews

Goodreads review by Angela on February 13, 2016

In a really little nutshell... The books in this trio are, understandably, the most popular of Austen's works. The relational aspects are deep, the family dynamics believable to the time and culture, and the prose is liltingly intelligent. The heroes, while not without flaws, stand out as unrivaled e......more

Goodreads review by Suely on March 07, 2012

Ja li nesta ordem ...Razão e Sensibilidade , Orgulho e Preconceito e Persuasão. Todos fantásticos e romanticos!!! Foram horas a fio de sonho e imaginação. Eu viajo em todos os detalhes das cenas junto com os personagens. Adorei!!......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on January 30, 2024

Jane Austen é a maior responsável pelo meu amor à leitura. Me forcei a ler Orgulho e Preconceito na pré-adolescência e me tornei apaixonada pela escrita de uma autora que me fez viajar ao mundo mágico de meninas apaixonadas. Não pude dar menos que 5 estrelas porque Jane Austen é um evento canônico n......more

Goodreads review by Carous on August 20, 2020

Resenha de Razão e Sensibilidade Estou feliz de ter lido esse livro por dois motivos: o mais óbvio que é se aventurar nas deliciosas histórias de Jane Austen e o segundo porque agora posso marcar mais uma leitura da minha meta literária de 2018 concluída. Yay A edição rosa da Martin Claret traz três......more

Goodreads review by Dr.J.G. on February 05, 2016

Pride and Prejudice:- "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." So the writer states right in the beginning. That is because while this is assumed to be a romance it is really a very astute picture of society that transcen......more