'Sense and Sensibility,' 'Pride and Prejudice,' 'Mansfield Park,' and 'Emma'—these novels by the celebrated writer Jane Austen inspired such eminent masters of English literature as Richard Aldington, Somerset Maugham, and Virginia Woolf. Today, Austen's works continue to attract filmmakers, and museums and literary clubs are being established around the world in her name. With subtle irony and a gentle, truly English sense of humor, the writer created a whole gallery of vivid images of her contemporaries—noble and treacherous, reckless and cowardly, timid and arrogant. This edition presents the novel 'Persuasion,' published in 1817, after Austen's death. The novel's protagonist, Anne Elliot, is in love with the poor Lieutenant Wentworth, and her family is on the brink of ruin. She faces a difficult decision. But what should Anne be guided by: the dictates of her heart or the arguments of reason?