Persuasion by Jane Austen

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1. Author

1.1. Jane Austen

1.2. 16/12/1775 - 18/07/1817

1.3. Born in Steventon, Hampshire, England

1.4. -Best known novels/classics => Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma

1.4.1. Went to boarding schools with sister Cassandra but both caught typhus and finished education back home. She wrote lots of novels young.

1.5. Lived with her family & sister

1.6. Never married

2. Sister : Henrietta (married to Charles Hayter)

3. Characters

3.1. Anne Elliot

3.1.1. Elliot Family

3.1.1.1. Dad : Sir Walter Elliot

3.1.1.2. Older sister : Elizabeth

3.1.1.3. Younger sister : Mary

3.1.1.3.1. Husband : Charles Musgrove

3.1.1.3.2. Sons : Charles and Walter

3.1.1.4. Mother : Elizabeth Elliot, died

3.1.1.5. Cousin: William Elliot

3.1.1.6. Cousins : Lady Dalrymple & Miss Carteret

3.1.2. Friends

3.1.2.1. Lady Russel, old friend of the family

3.1.2.2. Mrs. Smith, old school friend

3.2. Others

3.2.1. Mr Shepard

4. Frederick Wentworth

4.1. Captain Harville & Mrs Harville

4.2. Family

4.2.1. Brother : Mr Wentworth

4.2.2. Sister : Sophia Wentworth

4.2.2.1. Husband : Admiral Croft

4.3. Friends

4.3.1. Captain Benwick

4.3.1.1. Wife : Fanny Harville, died

5. Title

6. Mrs Clay

7. Meaning : Austen tried to persuade the reader that love and marriage does matter and that life is about second chances

8. Elliots in debt, need to rent KH and leave to Bath

9. Places

9.1. Bath

9.2. Kellynch Hall

9.3. Lyme

9.4. Uppercross Manor, The Great House

9.5. Winthrop

10. 1800 : Lady Elliot's death

11. Anne visits her old school friend, Mrs Smith

12. Before the narrative

12.1. 1810 : Charles Musgrove & Mary Elliot's marriage (after Anne refused his proposal)

12.2. Anne Elliot & Captain Wentworth's relationship, engagement then broke-up

12.3. 1813 : Mr Smith's death & Fanny Harville's death

13. Events

13.1. Dick Musgrove served under Captain Wentworth

13.2. 1814 : Mrs Elliot's death

13.3. During the narrative

13.3.1. Anne meets again Captain Wentworth (Mrs Croft's brother)

13.3.2. Vol.1

13.3.2.1. KH rent by the Crofts

13.3.2.2. He treats her like a stranger, and flirts with Louisa and Henrietta Musgrove

13.3.2.3. Anne discovers that he's not in love with one of the Musgrove sisters, and Henrietta comes back with Charles Hayter

13.3.2.4. Mr Elliot admires Anne when in Lyme, so does C.W.

13.3.2.5. Louisa gets severely head-injured, needs a long recovery. CW feels guilty and compliments Anne for her strength

13.3.3. Vol. 2

13.3.3.1. Louisa's quick recovery

13.3.3.1.1. Lady Russel & Anne go to Bath bc Mr Elliot is there

13.3.3.2. Mr Elliot seems really to be interested in Anne, but she is suspicious over him

13.3.3.3. Louise gets engaged to Captain Benwick

13.3.3.4. CW gives more attention to Anne and gets jealous when he sees her with Mr Elliot

13.3.3.5. Mrs Smith tells to Anne everything she knows about Mr Elliot (manipulator, cold-blooded)

13.3.3.6. Anne isn't giving attention to Mr Elliot so he leaves Bath

13.3.3.7. CW writes a letter to Anne to tell her he's still in love with her => she answered she has always been in love with him

13.3.3.8. CW & Anne get engaged, Mrs Clay leaves Bath, Mr Elliot is shocked, and CW helps Mrs Smith with her dept