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Persuasion

内容简介

JaneAusten'slastcompletednovel,PersuasionisadelightfulsocialsatireofEngland'slandedgentryandamovingtaleofloversseparatedbyclassdistinctions.Afteryearsapart,unmarriedAnneElliot,theheroineJaneAustencalled"almosttoogoodforme,"encountersthedashingnavalofficerotherspersuadedhertoreject,ashenowcourtstherashandyoungerLouisaMusgrove.Superblydrawn,thesecharactersandthoseofAnne'spridefulfather,SirWalter,theschemingMrs.Clay,andtheduplicitousWilliamElliot,heirtoKellynchHall,becomeluminouslyalive—somuchsothatthepoetTennyson,visitinghistoricLymeRegis,whereapivotalsceneoccurs,exclaimed:"Don'ttalktomeoftheDukeofMonmouth.ShowmetheexactspotwhereLouisaMusgrovefell!"Tender,almostgrave,PersuasionoffersaglimpseintoJaneAusten'sownheartwhileitmagnificentlydisplaysthefullmaturityofherliterarypower.

作者简介

JaneAustenwasbornonDecember16,1775atSteventonnearBasingstoke,theseventhchildoftherectoroftheparish.ShelivedwithherfamilyatSteventonuntiltheymovedtoBathwhenherfatherretiredin1801.Afterhisdeathin1805,shemovedaroundwithhermother;in1809,theysettledinChawton,nearAlton,Hampshire.Heresheremained,exceptforafewvisitstoLondon,untilinMay1817shemovedtoWinchestertobenearherdoctor.ThereshediedonJuly18,1817.AsagirlJaneAustenwrotestories,includingburlesquesofpopularromances.Herworkswereonlypublishedaftermuchrevision,fournovelsbeingpublishedinherlifetime.TheseareSenseandSensibility(1811),PrideandPrejudice(1813),MansfieldPark(1814)andEmma(1816).Twoothernovels,NorthangerAbbeyandPersuasion,werepublishedposthumouslyin1818withabiographicalnoticebyherbrother,HenryAusten,thefirstformalannouncementofherauthorship.Persuasionwaswritteninaraceagainstfailinghealthin1815-16.Shealsolefttwoearliercompositions,ashortepistolarynovel,LadySusan,andanunfinishednovel,TheWatsons.Atthetimeofherdeath,shewasworkingonanewnovel,Sanditon,afragmentarydraftofwhichsurvives.简·奥斯汀，是英国著名女性小说家，她的作品主要关注乡绅家庭女性的婚姻和生活，以女性特有的细致入微的观察力和活泼风趣的文字真实地描绘了她周围世界的小天地。

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