The Connell Guide to Jane Austen's Persuasion
Author:   John Wiltshire
Publisher:   CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD
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9781911187318


Pages:   116
Publication Date:   30 June 2016
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Author:   John Wiltshire
Publisher:   CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD
Imprint:   Connell Guides
ISBN:  

9781911187318


ISBN 10:   1911187317
Pages:   116
Publication Date:   30 June 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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• Introduction • A summary of the plot • What is Persuasion about? • Why is the opening of Persuasion so striking? • How does Anne survive? • What kind of hero is Captain Wentworth? • How does Jane Austen treat sex in Persuasion? • Is Persuasion a sentimental novel? • Does Anne Elliot change? If so, how? • Is Lady Russell ""a very good woman""? • How much of a villain is Mr Elliot? • Why did Jane Austen rewrite the end of Persuasion? • What happens when Anne and Wentworth are finally reunited? • What makes Persuasion unique among Jane Austen's novels?

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Professor John Wiltshire is Emeritus Professor of English at La Trobe University, Australia. His work on Jane Austen includes the Cambridge edition of Mansfield Park (2005), and the books Jane Austen and the Body: ""The Picture of Health"" (1992), Recreating Jane Austen (2001), Jane Austen: Introductions and Interventions (2003), and The Cinematic Jane Austen (2009).

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