Persuasion

**BY JANE AUSTEN** More than seven years prior to the events in the novel, Anne Eliott falls in love with a handsome young officer named Frederic Wentworth who is intellegent, generous, but poor. Her father and older sister do not agree with her choice, maintaining that he is not distinguished enough for their family. Even her older friend and mentor, Lady Rusell, replacing Anne's deceased mother, persuades her to forget about the young man.
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Now, aged 27 and still unmarried, Anne finds her former fiance. Wentworth, now a captain, is wealthy from wartime victories and from prize-money for capturing enemy ships. However, he has not forgiven Anne for her rejection of him.