Austin, Jane
Persuasion / Jane Austin - First edition - 104 pages : Illustrations ; 21 cm. - Oxford Bokworms Library. Classics . - Oxford Bokworms Library. Classics .
At nineteen Anne Elliot refuses an offer of marriage from Frederick Wentworth, persuaded to do so by Lady Russell, a friend of her dead mother. Wentworth is a sailor, with no money and an uncertain future, says Lady Russell - just a nobody, certainly not worthy of a baronet's daughter. Eight years later Wentworth returns, a rich and successful captain, looking for a wife. Anne is still unmarried, but Captain Wentworth clearly prefers the company of the two Musgrove girls
9780194791816
English novel--XIX century
England novel
823.7 / / Au74p
Persuasion / Jane Austin - First edition - 104 pages : Illustrations ; 21 cm. - Oxford Bokworms Library. Classics . - Oxford Bokworms Library. Classics .
At nineteen Anne Elliot refuses an offer of marriage from Frederick Wentworth, persuaded to do so by Lady Russell, a friend of her dead mother. Wentworth is a sailor, with no money and an uncertain future, says Lady Russell - just a nobody, certainly not worthy of a baronet's daughter. Eight years later Wentworth returns, a rich and successful captain, looking for a wife. Anne is still unmarried, but Captain Wentworth clearly prefers the company of the two Musgrove girls
9780194791816
English novel--XIX century
England novel
823.7 / / Au74p