“I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever."<br/><br/>Persuasion was the last novel Jane Austen fully completed and it is one of her most mature works. The book was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death.<br/><br/>The novel centres on two characters: Anne Elliot, a 27-year-old unmarried English woman, and Captain Frederick Wentworth, Anne’s former fiancé.<br/><br/>The story centres on the topics of maturity, growth, reconciliation, second chances, and of course persuading and being persuaded, both rightly or wrongly.<br/><br/>A true classic that continues to captivate readers after more than 200 years!