6/30/2023 0 Comments Jane austen last book“Persuasion is Austen’s saddest and most impassioned novel, and in its blend of the public and the personal it explored both the anguish of silence and the value of hope” - Robert Morrison, author of ‘The Regency Revolution’Īccording to Austen’s sister Cassandra, she began writing the novel in August 1815, completing the first draft 12 months later. Ann Barrett, a friend of Austen’s, said after her death that ‘Anne… was herself her enthusiasm for the navy, and her perfect unselfishness reflect her completely’. It has been suggested that Persuasion is the Austen novel in which the voice and vision of its heroine most accords with that of the author herself. Alongside the usual Austen concerns of class and snobbery, other themes include the sadness of unrequited love, reawakening love and the passage of time. It follows the second chance of love that comes her way after she is reacquainted with Frederick Wentworth, a young naval officer to whom she was once engaged, until she was persuaded to end the relationship because of his perceived lack of prospects. Milder in its irony, its unmarried heroine is 27-year-old Anne Elliot, almost a geriatric by the standards of the age. “That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with… What a pity such a gifted creature died so early” - Sir Walter Scott Country Life's Top 100 architects, builders, designers and gardeners.
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