{"product_id":"9781501137402","title":"Persuasion","description":"Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine.  Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that such a match is unworthy.  The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret.  When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate.  Al the tension of the novel revolves around one question:  Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane Austin once compared her writing to painting on a little bit of ivory, 2 inches square.  Readers of \u003ci\u003ePersuasion\u003c\/i\u003e will discover that neither her skill for delicate, ironic observations on social custom, love, and marriage nor her ability to apply a sharp focus lens to English manners and morals has deserted her in her final finished work.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143234404592,"sku":"9781501137402","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781501137402_p0.jpg?v=1763707041","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781501137402","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}