Persuasion

The Novel:
          *1818 edition vol. III; vol. IV (vol. 4: complete)
          *1913 edition, NA&P (Hugh Thomson illustrated) (Internet Archive)
          *The Novels & Letters of JA (1906; Brock illustrated) vol. X
*R.W. Chapman’s 1923 edition, NA&P vol. V

           *Brock’s illustrations (solitary-elegance.com)
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more Brock illustrations
*Audio at LibriVox

Principal Characters in Persuasion:

from Wikipedia

from Pemberley (genealogy); also their Janes-names list

index of all characters, from Chapman’s 1923 edition (pp. 292-4)

Persuasion links:

Where’s Where in Jane Austen’s Novels: a map of all the places in Persuasion courtesy of JASNA and JASA (and the intro page with explanation & links to all maps).

A calendar for Persuasion, by Ellen Moody

A companion article on Austen’s use of Almanacs in her writing (Ellen Moody); a surprising conclusion: “Excepting only Northanger Abbey, Austen makes sure a certain kind of pivotal event in her longer finished novels occurs on a TUESDAY.” Hmmm…

A Study Guide to Persuasion from Grand Valley State University.

3 thoughts on “Persuasion

  1. Thank you so much for having this information available. I am doing a project about Persuasion and the map and other links were extremely helpful!

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    • Hello Elisa, Glad that you found this helpful – this Persuasion page is a work in progress and there could be so much more on it … you will find many other things on the internet [there is much out there!] – the JASNA.org site has maps of all the novels, including Bath. Good luck with your project [Persuasion is my favorite novel!]
      Thank you for visiting – if you have other questions, please do ask…
      Best,
      Deb

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  2. Who is the famous writer( politician?) who allegedly said, when in Lyme,
    “Forget Wellington’s Monument! Just show me where Louisa Musgrove fell off those steps?”– I’m sure I don’t have the quotation just right, but your readers will know what I mean. And thanks!

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