title: The Annotated Persuasion
author: Jane Austen
description: <b>Jane Austen</b> (1775&ndash;1817) was born in Hampshire, England, where she spent most of her life. Though she received little recognition in her lifetime, she came to be regarded as one of the great masters of the English novel.<br><br><b>David M. Shapard</b> is the author of <i>The Annotated Pride and Prejudice,</i> <i>The Annotated Persuasion,&#160;The Annotated Sense and Sensibility,&#160;The Annotated Emma</i>,<i>&#160;The Annotated Northanger Abbey, </i>and<i> The Annotated Mansfield Park. </i>He graduated with a Ph.D. in European History from the University of California at Berkeley; his specialty was the eighteenth century. Since then he has taught at several colleges. He lives in upstate New York.
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  # Earl of Persuasion
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Amanda Mariel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Books by Amanda Mariel](books-by-amanda-mariel.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Foreword](foreword.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](chapter-001.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](chapter-002.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](chapter-003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](chapter-004.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](chapter-005.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](chapter-006.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](chapter-007.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](chapter-008.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Epilogue](epilogue.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Excerpt](excerpt.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](chapter-1.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [About the Author](about-the-author.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Afterword](afterword.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events,
  and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used
  fictitiously.
  
  
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