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Persuasion.

The last of Jane Austin's six novels. Released in 1817 six months after Janes death, Persuasion is the story of Anne Elliot. A 27 year old with a broken engagement, living with a family down sizing to deal with debt. Health, status, wealth, social pressures, second chances. A novel relevent as the day it was released. πŸ“—

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Andrew ShieldsFeb 12, 2023
"I shall have no scruple in asking you to take my place": Charles Musgrove, guns, and Anne Elliot's opportunity to respond to Captain Wentworth's proposal in Jane Austen's "Persuasion" (1818). #111Words #JaneAusten #Persuasion #CharlesMusgrove #AnneElliot #CaptainWentworth https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/02/i-shall-have-no-scruple-in-asking-you.html
"I shall have no scruple in asking you to take my place": Charles Musgrove, guns, and Anne Elliot's opportunity to respond to Captain Wentworth's proposal in Jane Austen's "Persuasion" (1818)

In Jane Austen's "Persuasion" (1818), after Anne Elliot reads the letter in which Captain Wentworth declares himself, she...