This volume, first published in 2006, is a comprehensive scholarly edition of Jane Austen's innovative final novel.
This edition of Persuasion is an elegant, portable tale of love, loss, and redemption in which Jane Austen offers a stirring critique of the rigid social barriers of Regency-era Britain.
Jane Austen's last complete novel is now available in a revised Norton Critical Edition. The volume emphasizes new trends in critical discourse, which have enormous importance for our understanding of Austen's achievement.
Now a motion picture from Netflix starring Dakota Johnson and Henry Golding, and a TikTok Book Club Pick. Persuasion tells the story of Anne Elliot, a woman who – at twenty-seven – is no longer young and has few romantic prospects.
"Persuasion is the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen.
Here is the complete text of Persuasion with hundreds of annotations on facing pages, including: ● Explanations of historical context ● Citations from Austen’s life, letters, and other writings ● Definitions and clarifications ● ...
Praise for Covert Persuasion: "This book is a treasure trove of ideas you can use to turn a 'no' into a 'yes' almost instantly-in any sales situation.
In the post-fact, deeply divided world we live in, true persuasion is rare. Engaging with people holding differing opinions is rarer still. But for progress to take place, persuasion must happen.
" -Midwest Book Review "This book is practical, useful, and insightful, and it will make a difference in your life." -Richard L. Weaver II, PhD, author, And Then Some: Essays to Entertain, Motivate, and Inspire!
" The Globe and Mail "Levine puts [his] analysis in the service of his real mission to arm the reader against manipulation." The Wall Street Journal "This wonderful book will change the way you think and act in many realms of your life.
It’s a story about the people who guide and the people who follow (and how those roles evolve over time), and the desire within all of us to be pulled into the light.