Facts about Jane Austen's Persuasion

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   Austen originally titled Persuasion 'The Elliots' before her brother Henry gave it its published name after her death.

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   Captain Wentworth's famous letter in Persuasion, beginning 'I am half agony, half hope,' is widely regarded as one of the most celebrated love letters in English literature.

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   Anne Elliot, the protagonist of Persuasion, is considered one of Austen's most mature and introspective heroines, being 27 at the novel's opening.

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   Persuasion is set partly in Bath and along the Somerset coast, with Lyme Regis serving as a memorable location in the novel.

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   The novel centers on Anne Elliot's reunion with Captain Frederick Wentworth, whom she had been persuaded to reject years earlier.

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   Published posthumously in 1817, Persuasion was the last novel Jane Austen completed before her death.

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