The Annotated Persuasion

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From the editor of the popular Annotated Pride and Prejudice comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen's Persuasion that makes the beloved novel an even more satisfying and fulfilling read. Here is the complete text of Persuasion with hundreds of annotations on facing pages, including- _x25CF_ Explanations of historical context _x25CF_ Citations from Austen's life, letters, and other writings _x25CF_ Definitions and clarifications _x25CF_ Literary comments and analysis _x25CF_ Plentiful maps and illustrations _x25CF_ An introduction, a bibliography, and a detailed chronology of events Packed with all kinds of illuminating information-from what Bath and Lyme looked like at the time to how "bathing machines" at seaside resorts were used to how Wentworth could have made a fortune from the Napoleonic Wars-David M. Shapard's delightfully entertaining edition brings Austen's novel of second chances vividly to life.

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Jane Austen (1775-1817) was born in Hampshire, England, where she spent most of her life. Though she received little recognition in her lifetime, she came to be regarded as one of the great masters of the English novel. David M. Shapard is the author of The Annotated Pride and Prejudice, The Annotated Persuasion,The Annotated Sense and Sensibility,The Annotated Emma,The Annotated Northanger Abbey, and The Annotated Mansfield Park. He graduated with a Ph.D. in European History from the University of California at Berkeley; his specialty was the eighteenth century. Since then he has taught at several colleges. He lives in upstate New York.