Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel. She began it soon after she had finished Emma, completing it in August, 1816. She died, aged 41, in 1817; Persuasion was published in December of that year (but dated 1818). Persuasion is connected with Northanger Abbey not only by the fact that the two books were originally bound up in one volume and published together two years later, but also because both stories are set partly in Bath, a fashionable health resort with which Jane Austen was well acquainted, having lived there from 1801 to 1805.
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Volume I
Chapter I (1)
- The history of the Elliots and their financial status
Chapter II (2)
- Mr. Shepherd suggests that Sir Walter remove to Bath
Chapter III (3)
- A tenant is found for Kellynch Hall
Chapter IV (4)
- Anne remembers the summer of the Year Six
Chapter V (5)
- The Elliots depart for Bath, and Anne goes to Uppercross
Chapter VI (6)
- The Crofts take possession; Meet the Musgroves; the tale of Poor Dick
Chapter VII (7)
- Captain Wentworth arrives at Kellynch; young Charles Musgrove has a fall; Captain Wentworth visits the Cottage
Chapter VIII (8)
- Captain Wentworth goes to a dinner party at the Great House
Chapter IX (9)
- Charles Hayter is jealous; Captain Wentworth helps Anne with the Musgrove children
Chapter X (10)
- The Long Walk to Winthrop
Chapter XI (11)
- The trip to Lyme Regis; Anne comforts Captain Benwick
Chapter XII (12)
- Mr. Elliot is seen in Lyme; Louisa has an accident
Volume II
Chapter I (13)
Chapter II (14)
Chapter III (15)
Chapter IV (16)
Chapter V (17)
Chapter VI (18)
Chapter VII (19)
Chapter VIII (20)
Chapter IX (21)
Chapter X (22)
Chapter XI (23)
Chapter XII (24)
The "Cancelled Chapters" (25) - Chapters 10 and 11. The ending as Jane Austen originally wrote it, and later changed.