A Year of Reading Jane Austen: Persuasion
presented by the Westport Library in partnership with the Jane Austen Society North America, CT Region.
A Year of Reading Jane Austen:
Discuss Persuasion
As a part of a year of reading Jane Austen, join a discussion of Persuasion at The Westport Library.
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. All the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love?
From LitLovers
My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.
― Jane Austen, Persuasion
