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   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) MP3 files - The history of the Elliots and their financial status
Chapter II (2) MP3 files - Mr. Shepherd suggests that Sir Walter remove to Bath
Chapter III (3) MP3 files - A tenant is found for Kellynch Hall
Chapter IV (4) MP3 files - Anne remembers the summer of the Year Six
Chapter V (5) MP3 files - The Elliots depart for Bath, and Anne goes to Uppercross
Chapter VI (6) MP3 files - The Crofts take possession; Meet the Musgroves; the tale of Poor Dick
Chapter VII (7) MP3 files - Captain Wentworth arrives at Kellynch; young Charles Musgrove has a fall; Captain Wentworth visits the Cottage
Chapter VIII (8) MP3 files - Captain Wentworth goes to a dinner party at the Great House
Chapter IX (9) MP3 files - Charles Hayter is jealous; Captain Wentworth helps Anne with the Musgrove children
Chapter X (10) MP3 files - The Long Walk to Winthrop
Chapter XI (11) MP3 files - The trip to Lyme Regis; Anne comforts Captain Benwick
Chapter XII (12) MP3 files - Mr. Elliot is seen in Lyme; Louisa has an accident


Volume II
Chapter I (13) MP3 files - Waiting at Uppercross and Kellynch Lodge for word of Louisa; Admiral Croft discusses his improvements at Kellynch
Chapter II (14) MP3 files - Charles and Mary return to Uppercross; the Musgroves return for Christmas; Anne and Lady Russell remove to Bath
Chapter III (15) MP3 files - Sir Walter and Elizabeth are very happy in Bath and have many acquaintances; Anne meets Mr. Elliot once again
Chapter IV (16) MP3 files - Our Cousins, The Dalrymples; a discussion of good company vs. the bes
Chapter V (17) MP3 files - Anne calls on Mrs. Smith, to Sir Walter's disgust; Lady Russell reveals her dearest wish to Anne
Chapter VI (18) MP3 files - A letter from Mary; Anne meets Admiral Croft
Chapter VII (19) MP3 files - Anne sees Captain Wentworth; later, they meet
Chapter VIII (20) MP3 files - The concert
Chapter IX (21) MP3 files - Anne and Mrs. Smith discuss Mr. Elliot
Chapter X (22) MP3 files - Charles and Mary come to Bath; Miss Elliot plans a party; Anne sees Mr. Elliot speaking to Mrs. Clay
Chapter XI (23) MP3 files - Anne has a conversation with Captain Harville at the White Hart; The Letter
Chapter XII (24) MP3 files - Who can be in doubt of what followed?
The "Cancelled Chapters" (25) - Chapters 10 and 11. The ending as Jane Austen originally wrote it, and later changed.


 

 
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