The real Persuasion : portrait of a real-life Jane Austen heroine
Bowman, Peter James2017
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Her father is a vain, foolish baronet, obsessed with his lineage but forced to quit his ancestral seat as a result of his own improvidence. Her sister is a fretful invalid with a good-natured husband and two disobedient sons. She herself falls in love with a handsome naval officer, and he with her, but his income and prospects are judged inadequate by her proud family. Heartbroken, the lovers part: he goes to sea while she leads a forlorn life at home. Years later he returns, having made a fortune in prize money, and after further misunderstandings he claims as his bride the woman he has never ceased to love. This is the story of Anne Elliot in Jane Austen's 'Persuasion'. It is also the story, true this time, of Katherine Bisshopp, the enchanting daughter of an old Sussex family.
Main title:
The real Persuasion : portrait of a real-life Jane Austen heroine / Peter James Bowman.
Author:
Bowman, Peter James, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2017.
Collation:
xi, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781445659503 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.073092942.073 BOW
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2521669