Persuasion = Доводы рассудка: на английском языке

Twenty-seven-year old Anne Elliot is Austen's most adult heroine. Eight years before the story proper begins, she is happily betrothed to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth, but she precipitously breaks off the engagement when persuaded by her friend Lady Rus-sell that such a match is unworthy. The breakup pro-duces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret. .When later Wentworth returns from sea a rich and successful captain, he finds Anne's family on the brink of financial ruin and his own sister a tenant in Kellynch Hall, the Elliot estate. .All the tension of the novel revolves around one question: Will Anne and Wentworth be reunited in their love? .