Eight years ago, Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth fell head over heels in love. But Anne's snobbish family put a stop to their engagement, believing
the young naval captain wasn't good enough for her. Pretty, intelligent
Anne soon realises it was a terrible mistake, and spends her twenties in the
shadow of her father and her selfish sisters. But she never forgets.
Then Captain Wentworth - by now a successful, wealthy man, looking for
a wife - walks back into her life. Can he forgive her? Does he still love her?
And could they ever be happy, after all this time?
By turns achingly sad and intensely romantic, Persuasion is the ultimate wish-fulfilment novel about love lost and regained. It's a true Cinderella story, for anyone who's ever felt overlooked - or anyone who's ever had their heart broken...