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The Annotated Persuasion - by Jane Austen & David M Shapard (Paperback)

The Annotated Persuasion - by  Jane Austen & David M Shapard (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the editor of the popular "Annotated Pride and Prejudice" comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen's "Persuasion" that makes the beloved novel an even more satisfying and fulfilling read. Includes more than 2,000 annotations and illustrations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>From the editor of the popular <i>Annotated Pride and Prejudice</i> comes an annotated edition of Jane Austen's <i>Persuasion </i>that makes the beloved novel an even more satisfying and fulfilling read. Here is the complete text of <i>Persuasion </i>with hundreds of annotations on facing pages, including: <p/>● Explanations of historical context<br>● Citations from Austen's life, letters, and other writings<br>● Definitions and clarifications<br>● Literary comments and analysis<br>● Plentiful maps and illustrations<br>● An introduction, a bibliography, and a detailed chronology of events <p/>Packed with all kinds of illuminating information--from what Bath and Lyme looked like at the time to how "bathing machines" at seaside resorts were used to how Wentworth could have made a fortune from the Napoleonic Wars--David M. Shapard's delightfully entertaining edition brings Austen's novel of second chances vividly to life. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Jane Austen</b> (1775-1817) 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. <p/><b>David M. Shapard</b> is the author of <i>The Annotated Pride and Prejudice, </i> <i>The Annotated Persuasion, The Annotated Sense and Sensibility, The Annotated Emma</i>, <i> 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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