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  1. Persuasion is the last novel completed by the English author Jane Austen. It was published on 20 December 1817, along with Northanger Abbey, six months after her death, although the title page is dated 1818.

  2. Jul 15, 2022 · Persuasion: Directed by Carrie Cracknell. With Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Richard E. Grant, Yolanda Kettle. Eight years after Anne Elliot was persuaded not to marry a dashing man of humble origins, they meet again. Will she seize her second chance at true love?

  3. The meaning of PERSUASION is the act or process or an instance of persuading. How to use persuasion in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Persuasion.

  4. Jan 13, 2008 · Persuasion: Directed by Adrian Shergold. With Sally Hawkins, Alice Krige, Anthony Head, Julia Davis. Anne was in love with Frederick, who was rejected by her snobby parents 8 years ago. They've now hit hard times and rent out their mansion to his brother-in-law. He returns a Royal Navy captain.

  5. Persuasion is a 2022 American historical romantic film based on Jane Austen's 1817 novel of the same name. It was directed by Carrie Cracknell from a screenplay by Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow.

  6. Persuasion is the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen. It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death. The story concerns Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to lower their expenses and get out of debt. They rent their home to an Admiral and his wife.

  7. Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth—the dashin...

  8. Jul 15, 2022 · Austen’s final novel is called “Persuasion” because it’s about how the snobs surrounding Anne persuaded her to reject Wentworth when he had no rank or fortune. Now he’s back, and he’s a captain, but he remains a dreadful bore.

  9. Jul 15, 2022 · In “Persuasion,” a new adaptation of Jane Austens final novel made for Netflix, protagonist Anne Elliot speaks directly to the camera, addressing the audience like an old friend.

  10. noun. the act of persuading or seeking to persuade. the power of persuading; persuasive force. the state or fact of being persuaded or convinced. a deep conviction or belief. a form or system of belief, especially religious belief: the Quaker persuasion.

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