Persuasion

Oxford World's Classics

One of Austen's five major novels in a superb new edition
The standard Chapman/Kinsley text in a newly set typeface gives a more attractive appearance
The new introduction examines the novel in its historical moment in the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo, and how nations and individuals can escape from the past
The new notes are fuller and bring out Austen's extensive knowledge of the Navy and the novel's topicality
New chronology and bibliography provide up-to-date resources for further reading
Appendices on social rank, dancing and the navy, and the deleted chapter that was the original ending of Persuasion

New to this Edition:

Introduction by Deidre Shauna Lynch
Explanatory Notes by Deidre Shauna Lynch
Fuller three-column chronology
Expanded and updated Bibliography
Appendices on social rank, dancing, the navy