Published posthumously in 1817, Persuasion by Jane Austen is widely regarded as her most emotionally mature, poignant, and exquisitely crafted romantic masterpiece. Tracing the quiet resilience of Anne Elliot, who was persuaded in her youth to break her engagement with Captain Frederick Wentworth, the novel charts their unexpected second chance at love eight years later amid Bath society. Digitally preserved in the Pagory Reading Room with full unabridged text and audio streaming.